إِنَّماonly العَيشُliving وَالحَياةُand life لِمَنfor whoever أَصgreeted the morning (first fragment)
إِنَّما العَيشُ وَالحَياةُ لِمَن أَص
بَحَgreeted the morning (final fragment) بَينَamid المُدامِthe wine وَالنَدمانِand the drinking companion
بَحَ بَينَ المُدامِ وَالنَدمانِ
Life and living belong only to him who greets the morn
Life and living belong only to one who
amid wine and boon companions—
greets the morning amid wine and a drinking companion.
مِنof شَرابٍa wine كَأَنَّماas though ناسَبَwas akin to البَرlightning (first fragment)
مِن شَرابٍ كَأَنَّما ناسَبَ البَر
قَlightning (final fragment) صَفاءًin clarity فيin اللَونِcolor وَاللَمَعانِand brilliance
قَ صَفاءً في اللَونِ وَاللَمَعانِ
with wine that seems to rival lightning
With a wine that seems akin to
in purity of hue and brilliance.
lightning in clarity of color and brilliance.
وَكَأَنَّand as though الكاساتِthe goblets مِنهُof it خَلاءٌempty
وَكَأَنَّ الكاساتِ مِنهُ خَلاءٌ
وَهوَthough it مِنهاamong them فيin مُترَعٍa brimming goblet مَلآنِfull
وَهوَ مِنها في مُترَعٍ مَلآنِ
The goblets seem empty of it,
And the goblets seem empty of it,
though it lies in one of them, brimming full.
though it fills a goblet to the brim.
رِقَّةٌfineness لاnot تُرىis seen مَعَwith الكَأسِthe goblet إِلّاexcept
رِقَّةٌ لا تُرى مَعَ الكَأسِ إِلّا
بَعدَafter وَهمِthe imagining of الظُنونِconjectures عِندَat العَيانِdirect sight
بَعدَ وَهمِ الظُنونِ عِندَ العَيانِ
So limpid that the cup cannot be seen beside it, save
So fine that, in the goblet, it is seen only
after conjecture’s fancy gives way to direct sight.
after conjecture's imaginings, even before one's eyes.
لَذَّwas delicious طَعماًin taste وَطابَand was pleasant ريحاًin scent فَأَغنىand so made needless
لَذَّ طَعماً وَطابَ ريحاً فَأَغنى
عَنwith جَنِيِّfresh-picked fruit of التُفّاحِapples وَالرَيحانِand sweet basil
عَن جَنِيِّ التُفّاحِ وَالرَيحانِ
Delicious in taste and sweet in fragrance, it dispenses
Delicious in taste and sweet in scent, it makes needless
with freshly gathered apples and fragrant basil.
fresh-picked apples and sweet basil.
صادِقَtrue الروحِthe spirit وَالحَياةِand life فَقَدfor indeed قاstood (first fragment)
صادِقَ الروحِ وَالحَياةِ فَقَد قا
مَstood (final fragment) مَقامَin the place of الأَرواحِsouls فيin الأَبدانِbodies
مَ مَقامَ الأَرواحِ في الأَبدانِ
True in spirit and life—for it has taken
True in spirit and life—for it has indeed
the place of souls within bodies.
taken the place of souls within bodies.
فَاِصطَبِحso drink in the morning وَاِغتَبِقand drink in the evening بِوَردِيَّةِof rose-colored wine اللَوcolor (first fragment)
فَاِصطَبِح وَاِغتَبِق بِوَردِيَّةِ اللَو
نِcolor (final fragment) عَلىupon; beside الوَردِthe roses فيin خُدودِthe cheeks of الغَوانيbeautiful women
نِ عَلى الوَردِ في خُدودِ الغَواني
So drink it morning and evening—a roseate wine,
So drink morning and evening a wine of rosy
its hue surpassing the roses on the cheeks of beauties.
hue, beside the roses in beautiful women's cheeks.
Sol 6.1