Sol 6.1

  1. يا ذَا الَّذي يَرْوي الحَدِي

    ثَ وَلَيْسَ يُرْوَى بالقديمِ

    O you who recount the tale—

    yet are not quenched by aged wine:

  2. عِنْدي مُدامُ نَهارِهَا

    عِنْدِي كَجَنَّاتِ النَّعيمِ

    I have wine; its day

    is, to me, like the gardens of bliss.

  3. وَلقدْ شَربْتُ حَبابَها

    في عِقْدِ كَاسَاتِ النَّظيمِ

    And indeed I have drunk its froth

    in a well-strung necklace of goblets.

  4. فَانْهَضْ إِليّ بِهِمَّةٍ

    نُخْلي حَشَاكَ مِنَ الهُمُومِ

    So rise and come to me with resolve;

    we shall empty your breast of cares.

  5. أَحلى مُدامٍ قَدْ طلبْ

    تُ لِشُرْبها أَحْلى نَديمِ

    The sweetest wine—I have sought

    the sweetest companion with whom to drink it.

  6. صَبوْتُ إلى الصَّبابةِ وَالغَرامِ

    وَوَدَّعَ نَاظِري طِيبَ المنامِ

    I grew enamored of longing and passionate love,

    and my eye bade farewell to the sweetness of sleep.

  7. وَسامَ القَلْبَ مِنْ أولادِ سَامٍ

    غَزالٌ طَرْفهُ مِنْ آلِ حَامِ

    And my heart was tormented by one of Shem's offspring—

    a gazelle whose gaze is of Ham's line.

  8. يُريني المَوْتَ في سَيْفٍ وَرُمْحٍ

    مُقيمٍ في اللَّواحِظِ والقَوامِ

    He shows me death in a sword and spear

    lodged in his sidelong glances and his stature.

  9. جَعلتُ تَصبُّري عَنْهُ وَرائي

    وَصيّرتُ الغَرامَ بِهِ أمامي

    I cast my efforts to endure without him behind me,

    and set my passion for him before me.

  10. فَهَلْ لِي مُسْعِدٌ في الحُبِّ يَرْثي

    لِما أَلقاهُ مِنْ ألمِ السّقامِ

    Have I, then, a helper in love who will pity

    the pain of sickness I endure?

  11. يا مَنْ شَغَلْتُ بِهِ سِرِّي وَأَوْهَامِي

    وَمَنْ لِمَغنْاهُ إنْجادِي وَإِتْهامِي

    O you with whom I have occupied my inner thoughts and fancies,

    and you for whose abode I journey to Najd and Tihama,

  12. وَمَنْ أَلِفْتُ رِضاهُ الرَّحْبَ جَانِبَهُ

    وَفُزْتُ مِنْهُ بِإِحْسانٍ وَإِنْعامِ

    and you whose favor I have known, whose manner is gracious,

    and from whom I have gained kindness and bounty:

  13. لَمْ أَنْسَ أَقْدامَكَ اللّاتي سَعتْ وَمَشَتْ

    بِهِنَّ حِيناً على العلياءِ أَقْدامي

    I have not forgotten your feet, by whose aid hastened and walked

    my own feet, for a time, upon the heights;

  14. وَحُسْنَ أَيّامِكَ الغُرِّ الّتي حَسُنَتْ

    بِهَا لَياليَّ مِنْ دَهْرِي وَأَيّامي

    nor the beauty of your radiant days, through which grew fair

    the nights and days of my life.

  15. فما المدارسُ حَتَّى كَدَّرتْ نَهلاً

    وَرَدَتهُ صَافياً مِنْ بَحْرِكَ الطامي

    What are the schools, that they have muddied a draught

    I drew clear from your overflowing sea,

  16. وغيّرتَ خَلُقاً ما زالَ يَمْنَحُني

    بِضاحكٍ مِنْ ثنايا الودِّ بَسّامِ

    and you have altered a disposition that always favored me

    with a laughing, beaming smile from affection's front teeth?

  17. كنْ كَيْفَ شِئْتَ فِداكَ الناسُ كُلُّهُمُ

    فَالنّاسُ كُلُّهُمُ في ظِلّكَ السَّامي

    Be however you wish; may all people be your ransom,

    for all people are in your lofty shade.

  18. إِمنعْ جُفونَكَ أَنْ تُريقَ دَمي

    إِنَّ الجُفُونَ مَظِنَّةُ التُّهَمِ

    Keep your eyelids from shedding my blood;

    indeed, eyelids are grounds for suspicion.

  19. وأبِنْ جَبينكَ تَتَّضِحْ طُرُقي

    وَأَمِطْ لِثامَكَ تَنْكَشِفْ ظُلَمي

    And reveal your brow; my paths will become clear.

    And draw aside your veil; my darkness will lift.

  20. يا رَوْضَةً أَجْنِي أزاهِرَها

    باللَّحْظِ لا بِيَدي وَلا بِفَمِي

    O garden whose blossoms I gather

    with my gaze, not with my hand or my mouth:

  21. ما لي حُرمْتُ لذيذَ وَصْلِكَ في

    أَيّامِ هَذي الأَشْهُرِ الحُرُمِ

    why have I been denied the sweetness of union with you in

    the days of these sacred months?

  22. لو أَنَّ قُرْبَكَ يُبْتَغى بِشِرا

    بالغتُ فيهِ بِأَنْفَسِ القِيَمِ

    If nearness to you could be bought,

    I would pay the highest price for it.