Sol 6.1

  1. ذر المِرا قد هل آذار

    وقم نقم للقصف أعذارُ

    Leave disputation—March has arrived.

    And rise; let us make excuses for revelry.

  2. سماؤنا بالمزن هطالة

    وارضنا بالروض مزهارُ

    Our sky pours rain from its clouds,

    And our earth is abloom with gardens.

  3. والورد نضر خجل خده

    وأعين النرجس نظارُ

    The rose is fresh, its cheek blushing,

    And the narcissus's eyes gaze on.

  4. وجوهر المنثور قد فصلت

    عقوده بالدر أمطارُ

    And the stock flowers' jewels have had

    Their necklaces spaced with pearls by the rains.

  5. وكلما مر نسيم على

    ماء غدير فهو موارُ

    And whenever a breeze passes over

    A pool's water, it ripples.

  6. وحانة العمر فمعمورة

    باللهو والدير لنا دارُ

    And al-ʿUmr's tavern is thronged

    With revelry; the monastery is our home.

  7. والخمر والخمار ما بيننا

    لاعد ما عطر وهطار

    Wine and wine-seller, here among us,

    Are perfume and perfumer—may neither be lost!

  8. وقد صفا ابريقنا واغتدى

    يروقنا عود ومزمارُ

    Our ewer is clear, and now

    A lute and a flute delight us.

  9. فطف بها حمراء مشمولة

    كالنار عقبى شربها النارُ

    So pass it round, red and north-wind-cooled,

    Like fire—the end of drinking it is the Fire.

  10. ذات نسيم أرح نشره

    يغار من نفحته الغارُ

    It has a breeze whose scent is fragrant:

    The laurel envies its fragrant breath.

  11. لها إذا أظلم جنح الدجى

    في الكأس أضواء وأنوارُ

    When the wing of night darkens, it has

    Lights and radiance within the cup.

  12. يكفر الشرب لها ما بدت

    تجلى كأن القوم كفارُ

    The drinkers bow before it whenever it appears,

    Unveiled, as though the company were unbelievers.

  13. في سحره أرشفني مثلها

    من ريقه أهيف سحارُ

    Through his magic, he made me sip its like

    From his lips, that slender enchanter.

  14. بدر دجى يزرى بشمس الضحى

    مطلعة جيسب واز رارُ

    A full moon of night, putting the morning sun to shame,

    His rising-place: a neckline and buttons.

  15. قد شد فوق الخصر زناره

    والخصر في الدقة زنارُ

    He has fastened his girdle above his waist,

    And his waist is as slender as a girdle.

  16. أقسمت بالبيت العظيم الذى

    تظله حجب واستارُ

    I swear by the great House which

    Veils and curtains shade,

  17. وبالمصلى فبه دائما

    تمحى عن الزوار أو زارُ

    And by the place of prayer, where always

    The visitors' sins are wiped away,

  18. أن أمير المجد أعني أبا

    محمد للدهر أمارُ

    That the prince of glory—I mean Abū

    Muḥammad—holds command over Time.

  19. مقابل تنمية من هاشم

    كواكب زهر وأقمارُ

    Noble on both sides, descended from Hāshim's

    Radiant stars and moons.

  20. فطوده في الحلم سامي الذرا

    وبحره في العلم زخارُ

    His mountain of forbearance has lofty peaks,

    And his sea of learning surges full.

  21. ذو عزمات ماضيات الشبا

    هن مع الأقدار أقدارُ

    He has resolves with keen-cutting edges;

    Alongside Fate's decrees, they too are decrees.

  22. له إذا ما لم يعن باذل

    مكارم عون وأبكارُ

    When no giver comes forward, his are

    Generous deeds, seasoned and virgin-new.

  23. ترى عيانا وأحاديتها

    للطيب في الأسماع أسمارُ

    They are seen with one's own eyes; their tales

    Are sweet evening stories to the ear.

  24. معاد سيب الجود ماعودة

    يوما إذا استعجم خوارُ

    His generous bounty is renewed; his mettle is never

    Feeble whenever it is put to the test.

  25. وأرى زناد الحزم ثبت له

    جيش من الآراء جرارُ

    And I see resolve's fire-steels; steadfast, he has

    A vast army of counsels.

  26. عم الندى طلاب مسعاته

    هيهات إن تدرك أغمارُ

    His bounty embraces those who seek his high achievement;

    How far the inexperienced are from attaining it!

  27. خلاله كالروض راد الضحى

    تروضه وطفاء مدرارُ

    His virtues are like a meadow at early morning,

    Made lush by a heavy, rain-pouring cloud.

  28. والعرض من لبس ثياب الخنا

    عار فما يقربه عارُ

    His honor wears none of the robes of baseness;

    It is bare of them: no disgrace comes near it.

  29. لولاه لم تغل لاشعارنا

    على كساد المدح أسعارُ

    But for him, our poems would not command high

    Prices, amid the slump in praise.

  30. يا ابن أبي نصرٍ ومن قومه

    لديننا أوس وأنصارُ

    O son of Abū Naṣr, and you whose people

    Are Aws and Anṣār to our faith.

  31. قوم إذا ثار عجاج فما

    يدرك منهم تحته ثار

    A people who, when battle-dust rises, allow no

    Revenge to be taken against them beneath it.

  32. تبتهج الطير إذا استلئموا

    وترجف الأرض إذا ساروا

    Birds rejoice when they don their armor,

    And the earth trembles when they march.

  33. كم جبروا كسر ضربك وكم

    ذل بهم عات وجبرا

    How often they have mended a poor man's broken state, and how often

    Have the defiant and the tyrant been humbled through them!

  34. بطول أرماحهم في الوغى

    تقصر للأعداء أعمارُ

    By the length of their spears in battle,

    Their enemies' lives are shortened.

  35. أقسمت ماجار زمان على

    ذي فاقة أنت له جارُ

    I swear that Time has never wronged

    A needy man who has you as his neighbor.

  36. ذخرك حسن الذكر فافخر به

    إذ كان جل الذخر دينارُ

    Your treasure is good repute; take pride in it,

    While most treasure is in dinars.

  37. بقيت فينا ما أنار الدجى

    بدر وما أزهر نوار

    May you remain among us as long as darkness is lit

    By a full moon, and as long as flowers bloom.