خَيرُbest أوقاِتكyour hours فيin اللَّذthe pleasures (beginning)
خَيرُ أوقاِتك في اللَّذ
اتِpleasures (ending) أوقاتُhours البُكورِearly morning
اتِ أوقاتُ البُكورِ
Your finest hours of pleasure
The best of your times are times of pleasure
Are the hours of early morning.
The times of dawn are best
ليسَis not يَومٌa day إنْif تُقَصِّرْyou shorten
ليسَ يَومٌ إنْ تُقَصِّرْ
هُit اصطباحاًmorning wine-drinking بقَصيرِshort
هُ اصطباحاً بقَصيرِ
No day, if you shorten
No day is short
It with a morning draught, is short.
If you rise early in the morning
والظَّريفُand the refined man الحُرُّthe noble man عنaway from إخbrethren (beginning)
والظَّريفُ الحُرُّ عن إخ
وانِهhis brethren (ending) غيرُnot صَبورِpatient
وانِه غيرُ صَبورِ
And the refined, noble man, away from
The free man is impatient with
His brethren, has no patience.
His brothers, and not patient
ولناand we have راحٌwine خِلالَduring الشْthe drinking (beginning)
ولنا راحٌ خِلالَ الشْ
رْبِdrinking (ending) لاnot راحُwine العَصيرِthe pressed juice
رْبِ لا راحُ العَصيرِ
And we have wine during
And we have rest amidst drinking
The drinking—not wine of pressed juice—
Not the rest of the afternoon
ذاتُhaving لونٍa color ونسيمٍand a fragrance
ذاتُ لونٍ ونسيمٍ
خُلِقاboth were fashioned منfrom وَردِroses of جُورِJur
خُلِقا من وَردِ جُورِ
With a hue and a fragrance
A complexion and breeze
Both fashioned from the roses of Jur.
Created from rose water
وسقاةٌand cupbearers إنif سَقواthey gave drink حيْthey greeted (beginning)
وسقاةٌ إن سَقوا حيْ
يَوْاthey greeted (ending) برَيحانِwith the basil of الصُّدورِthe breasts
يَوْا برَيحانِ الصُّدورِ
And cupbearers who, when they pour,
And servers, if they serve wine
Salute with the basil of their breasts.
Revive the spirits of breasts
وعدوٌّand an enemy لكto you فيin القُرْthe cold (beginning)
وعدوٌّ لك في القُرْ
رcold (ending) صديقٌa friend فيin الهَجيرِthe midday heat
ر صديقٌ في الهَجيرِ
And an enemy to you in
An enemy to you in estrangement
The cold, a friend in the midday heat,
Is a friend in company
يَستعيرُit borrows البردَcoolness والإشand radiance (beginning)
يَستعيرُ البردَ والإش
راقَradiance (ending) منfrom بَردِthe hail of الثُّغورِthe mouths
راقَ من بَردِ الثُّغورِ
Borrows coolness and
Borrowing coolness and nobility
Radiance from the hail-white teeth.
From the coolness of the frontiers
رَقَّit became delicate حتَّىuntil كادَit nearly يَفنىvanishes
رَقَّ حتَّى كادَ يَفنى
بإشارتِat the gesture of المُشيرِthe one pointing
بإشارتِ المُشيرِ
So delicate it almost vanishes
It melted until it almost perished
At a gesture from one who points.
At the gesture of the gesturer
فائْتِناso come to us تَلْقَyou will find الذيwhat تَهyou desire (beginning)
فائْتِنا تَلْقَ الذي تَه
واهyou desire it (ending) منof عَيْشٍa life نَضيرِflourishing
واه من عَيْشٍ نَضيرِ
So come to us; you will find what you
So come to us, find what you desire
Desire of a life in bloom.
Of a life of equal pleasure
Sol 6.1