أتعلمdo you know أنthat قلبيmy heart غيرnot صاحsober
أتعلم أن قلبي غير صاح
وإنيand indeed I منfrom سلوكٍforgetting you فيin انتزاحremoteness
وإني من سلوكٍ في انتزاح
Do you know that my heart is not sober,
I know my heart is not well
And that I am far from forgetting you?
And I'm in a state of confusion
وكنتand I used to الدهرalways اصطادhunt المعاليlofty honors
وكنت الدهر اصطاد المعالي
فقدbut indeed أصبحتI have become منamong صيدthe prey of الملاحthe beauties
فقد أصبحت من صيد الملاح
And I used always to hunt lofty honors,
I used to hunt greatness
But now I have become the beauties’ prey.
But now I'm prey to sailors
تسقينيshe gives me to drink البخيلةthe miserly woman كأسa cup of صدrejection
تسقيني البخيلة كأس صد
وتمزجهاand she mixes it لتعليليto console me براحwith wine
وتمزجها لتعليلي براح
The miserly woman gives me a cup of rejection,
The miser pours me a cup of aloofness
And mixes it with wine to console me.
And mixes it to justify my relief
ولوand if شاءتshe wished حياتيmy life الدهرforever سقتshe gave drink
ولو شاءت حياتي الدهر سقت
حرورburning heat القلبthe heart منfrom شبمcold water قراحpure
حرور القلب من شبم قراح
And had she wished me life forever, she would have quenched
If my life willed, it would have quenched
My heart’s burning heat with pure, cold water.
The heat of my heart with a sip of comfort
وكانتand she would have been تصنعdoing الحسناthe beautiful woman جميلاa kindness
وكانت تصنع الحسنا جميلا
ولكنand yet ليسnot تلقىshe encounters غيرother than لاحa reproacher
ولكن ليس تلقى غير لاح
And the fair one would have done a kindness,
It would have made goodness beautiful
But she encounters none but a reproacher.
But it only finds blazing flames
فسقينيso give me to drink فديتكmay I be your ransom منsome of عقارwine
فسقيني فديتك من عقار
ونادينيand call to me هلمcome إلىto اصطباحmorning wine-drinking
وناديني هلم إلى اصطباح
So give me wine to drink—may I be your ransom—
So give me, my love, an antidote
And call to me: ‘Come for a morning drink.’
And call me to reconcile
Sol 6.1