ألستAre you not ترىseeing الظلامthe darkness وقدand already تولىhas departed
ألست ترى الظلام وقد تولى
وعنقودand the cluster of الثرياthe Pleiades قدalready تذلىhas hung low
وعنقود الثريا قد تذلى
Do you not see that the darkness has departed,
Do you not see the darkness that has fallen
and the cluster of the Pleiades has hung low?
And the chandelier that hangs low
فدونكso take قهوةwine لمdid not يبقleave منهاof it
فدونك قهوة لم يبق منها
تقادمthe lengthening of عهدهاits age إلاexcept الأقلاthe smallest amount
تقادم عهدها إلا الأقلا
So take this wine, of which nothing has been left
Except remnants worn by time
by its long aging save the scantest portion.
We approached it at nightfall
بزلناwe tapped دنهاits wine jar والليلwhile the night داجwas dark
بزلنا دنها والليل داج
فصيرتso it turned الدجاthe darkness شمساa sun وظلاand shade
فصيرت الدجا شمسا وظلا
We tapped its jar while the night was dark,
And it turned the darkness into sun and shade
and it turned the darkness into sun and shade.
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1