دَاوِcure الخمارَthe hangover بِخَمْرَهِwith its wine
دَاوِ الخمارَ بِخَمْرَهِ
وَصِلِand join الصَّبُوحَthe morning draught بِفَجْرهِto its dawn
وَصِلِ الصَّبُوحَ بِفَجْرهِ
Cure the hangover with its wine,
And join the morning draught to its dawn.
وَاطْرَبْand rejoice لِفِطْرٍat the fast-breaking feast زائرٍvisiting
وَاطْرَبْ لِفِطْرٍ زائرٍ
أَهْلاًwelcome بِهِto it وَبِزَوْرِهِand to its visitors
أَهْلاً بِهِ وَبِزَوْرِهِ
And rejoice at the fast-breaking feast's visit;
Welcome to it and to its visitors!
مَأْسُورُthe captive آبٍof August فَكَّfreed أَيSeptember (first fragment)
مَأْسُورُ آبٍ فَكَّ أَي
لُولٌSeptember (continuation) لَناfor us عَنْfrom أَسْرِهِhis captivity
لُولٌ لَنا عَنْ أَسْرِهِ
August's captive was freed by September
For us from his captivity.
يَأْتِيhe comes كمَعْشُوقlike a beloved محاerased
يَأْتِي كمَعْشُوق محا
بِالْوَصْلِthrough reunion أَسْطُرَthe lines هَجْرِهِof his estrangement
بِالْوَصْلِ أَسْطُرَ هَجْرِهِ
He comes like a beloved who erased,
Through reunion, the lines of his estrangement.
ياO لَيْلَتِيmy night بِالقَفْصِat al-Qafṣ جاgave freely (first fragment)
يا لَيْلَتِي بِالقَفْصِ جا
دَgave freely (continuation) لَكِto you الْعَذُولُthe reproacher بِعُذْرِهِwith his pardon
دَ لَكِ الْعَذُولُ بِعُذْرِهِ
O my night at al-Qafṣ—how freely
The reproacher granted you his pardon,
لَمَّاwhen رَأَىhe saw رَشَأa gazelle يُذِيmelts (first fragment)
لَمَّا رَأَى رَشَأ يُذِي
بُmelts (continuation) الْعَقْلَthe mind ذائِبُmolten تبْرِهِhis gold
بُ الْعَقْلَ ذائِبُ تبْرِهِ
When he saw a gazelle who melts
The mind with his molten gold,
مُتَمَرِّداًdefiant فيin سُكْرِهِhis drunkenness
مُتَمَرِّداً في سُكْرِهِ
مُتَمايِلاًswaying فِيin خَطْرِهِhis strutting
مُتَمايِلاً فِي خَطْرِهِ
Defiant in his drunkenness,
Swaying as he struts,
كَالْبَدْرِlike the full moon إلاَّexcept أَنَّهُthat he
كَالْبَدْرِ إلاَّ أَنَّهُ
بَدْرٌa full moon لِسائِرِthroughout all of شَهْرِهِhis month
بَدْرٌ لِسائِرِ شَهْرِهِ
Like the full moon, except that he
Is a full moon all his month long.
فَشَرِبْتُso I drank خَمْرَةَthe wine كَأْسِهِof his cup
فَشَرِبْتُ خَمْرَةَ كَأْسِهِ
وَرَشَفْتُand I sipped خَمْرَةَthe wine ثَغْرِهِof his lips
وَرَشَفْتُ خَمْرَةَ ثَغْرِهِ
So I drank the wine of his cup,
And sipped the wine of his lips.
وَوَشاand whispered إلَيَّto me بِبَذْلِهِof his generosity
وَوَشا إلَيَّ بِبَذْلِهِ
زُنَّارُهُhis girdle فِيat خَصْرِهِhis waist
زُنَّارُهُ فِي خَصْرِهِ
And his generosity was whispered to me
By the girdle at his waist.
Sol 6.1