إشرَبDrink فَقدfor indeed شَرَّدَdrove away ضَوlight (initial fragment)
إشرَب فَقد شَرَّدَ ضَو
ءُlight (final fragment) الصُّبحِof dawn عناfrom us الظُّلَماthe darkness
ءُ الصُّبحِ عنا الظُّلَما
Drink, for dawn's light has driven
Drink, for dawn has scattered the dark
the darkness away from us.
And sunlight has spread over the earth's face, so smile,
وَانْبَسَطَand spread النُّورُthe light علىover
وَانْبَسَطَ النُّورُ على
وجهِthe face of الثّرىthe moist earth فابتسَماand so it smiled
وجهِ الثّرى فابتسَما
And light has spread over
As though the water-skin of the Pleiades poured into it stars,
the earth's face, and it has smiled,
And the pitcher aimed into the goblet some red wine
كأنّماas though أطلعَbrought forth ماwater (initial fragment)
كأنّما أطلعَ ما
ءwater (final fragment) ُالمُزْنِof the rainclouds فيهwithin it أنجُمَاstars
ء ُالمُزْنِ فيه أنجُمَا
as though the rainclouds' water had brought forth
When she brayed, it seemed as though, moaning,
stars within it.
She wept blood.
وصَوَّبَand poured الإبريقُthe ewer فيinto الthe
وصَوَّبَ الإبريقُ في ال
كاسِcup مُداماًwine عَنْدَماblood-red
كاسِ مُداماً عَنْدَما
And the ewer poured into the
cup blood-red wine,
كأنَّهاas though she إذwhen مَجَّهاhe spat her out
كأنَّها إذ مَجَّها
مُقَهقِهاًlaughing loudly تَبكِيshe weeps دَماblood
مُقَهقِهاً تَبكِي دَما
as though the wine, when spat out
by the guffawing ewer, were weeping blood.
Partial English translation: 6 of 10 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1