سهريmy staying awake at night لتنقيحto refine العلومthe sciences ألذmore delightful ليto me
سهري لتنقيح العلوم ألذ لي
منthan وصلunion with غانيةa beautiful woman وطيبand the sweetness of عناقan embrace
من وصل غانية وطيب عناق
Staying up to refine the sciences is sweeter to me
My staying awake at night to refine the sciences is sweeter to me
than union with a beauty and the sweetness of an embrace;
Than union with a beautiful woman and the sweetness of an embrace.
وتمايليand my swaying طرباwith joy لحلat solving عويصةa difficult problem
وتمايلي طربا لحل عويصة
أشهىmore delectable وأحلىand sweeter منthan مدامةwine ساقa cupbearer
أشهى وأحلى من مدامة ساق
my swaying in rapture at solving a knotty problem
And my swaying with joy at solving a difficult problem
is more delectable and sweeter than a cupbearer’s wine.
Is more delectable and sweeter than a cupbearer's wine.
وصريرand the scratching أقلاميmy pens علىon أوراقهاtheir pages
وصرير أقلامي على أوراقها
أحلىsweeter منthan الدوكاءDūkā (a musical mode) والعشاقand ʿUshshāq (a musical mode)
أحلى من الدوكاء والعشاق
The scratching of my pens across their pages
And the scratching of my pens upon their pages
is sweeter than the modes Dūkāʾ and ʿUshshāq;
Is sweeter than the Dūkā and ʿUshshāq melodies.
وألذand more delightful منthan نقرthe tapping الفتاةthe girl لدفهاon her tambourine
وألذ من نقر الفتاة لدفها
نقريmy tapping لالقيso I may cast الرملthe sand عنoff أوراقيmy pages
نقري لالقي الرمل عن أوراقي
sweeter than a maiden’s tapping on her tambourine
And more delightful than a girl's tapping on her tambourine
is my tapping, as I shake the sand from my pages.
Is my tapping to shake the sand off my pages.
أأبيتdo I spend the night سهرانawake الدجىthe night's darkness وتبيتهand you spend it
أأبيت سهران الدجى وتبيته
نوماasleep وتبغيand you seek بعدafter ذاكthat لحاقيcatching up with me
نوما وتبغي بعد ذاك لحاقي
Am I to pass the dark night wakeful while you pass it
Do I spend the dark night awake while you spend it
asleep—then hope, after that, to catch up with me?
Asleep, yet afterward seek to catch up with me?
Sol 6.1