فأنso if تصبحcome to be الأيامthe days شيبنhave grayed مفرقيmy hair’s parting
فأن تصبح الأيام شيبن مفرقي
وأذهبنand have taken away أشجانيmy sorrows وفللنand have blunted منsome of غربيmy cutting edge
وأذهبن أشجاني وفللن من غربي
Though the days have come to whiten the parting of my hair,
So if the days have now grayed the parting of my hair,
and carried off my cares and blunted my keen edge,
And taken away my sorrows and blunted my edge,
فياthen ah ربmany a يومday قدindeed شربتI drank بمشربat a drinking place
فيا رب يوم قد شربت بمشرب
شفيتI soothed بهwith it غيمthe burning الصدىof thirst باردcool عذبsweet
شفيت به غيم الصدى بارد عذب
ah, many a day I drank from a spring
Ah, many a day I drank at a watering place,
with which I cleared thirst’s haze—cool and sweet.
Quenching thirst’s burning with its cool, sweet water;
ومنand of ليلةa night قدindeed بتهاI spent it overnight غيرnot آثمsinful
ومن ليلة قد بتها غير آثم
بساجيةwith a still one الحجلينthe two anklets ريانةfull-fleshed القلبthe bracelet
بساجية الحجلين ريانة القلب
And many a night I spent without sin,
And many a night I spent without sin,
with one whose twin anklets lay still—the heart’s sweet basil.
With a woman whose anklets lay still, her bracelet snug on her plump wrist.
Sol 6.1