صاحO friend نبهrouse كلevery صاحsober man يصطبعdrink at dawn (probable reading)
صاح نبه كل صاح يصطبع
فضلةthe remainder of الزقthe wineskin الذيwhich كانhe had اغتبقdrunk at dusk
فضلة الزق الذي كان اغتبق
O friend, rouse every sober man to drink at dawn
The dawn awoke, rousing all who slept
The remainder in the wineskin he drank from at dusk:
Spilling the excess oil that congealed
قهوةًwine تحكيresembles الذيwhat فيin أضلعيmy ribs
قهوةً تحكي الذي في أضلعي
منof جويanguish الخبdeceit ومنand of لفحthe searing heat of الحرقburning
من جوي الخب ومن لفح الحرق
A wine that mirrors what lies within my ribs—
A coffee that tells what's in my ribs
The anguish of deceit and the searing heat of burning.
Of my fermented raisin wine and seared affliction
بيديin the two hands of ساقٍa cupbearer ترىyou see فيin طوقهhis collar
بيدي ساقٍ ترى في طوقه
بدرa full moon تمٍّat its fullest قدalready تجلىshone forth فيin غسقdarkness
بدر تمٍّ قد تجلى في غسق
In a cupbearer's hands, within whose collar you see
In my hand a cup whose rim you see
A moon at the full, revealed amid night's gloom.
A full moon revealed in the darkness
خلتهاI imagined it إذاwhen غربتit set فيin ثغرهhis mouth
خلتها إذا غربت في ثغره
شمسهاits sun أبقتleft behind بخديهon his two cheeks شفقa twilight glow
شمسها أبقت بخديه شفق
I fancied that, when it set within his mouth,
When it sets in its mouth
Its sun had left a twilight glow upon his cheeks.
Its sun remains, blushing in its cheeks
أفرغhe poured الماءwater عليهاover it فحكتand so it resembled
أفرغ الماء عليها فحكت
ذائبmolten الأبريزpure gold أوor ذوبmolten ورقsilver
ذائب الأبريز أو ذوب ورق
He poured water over it, and it resembled
I poured water on it and it told
Molten pure gold, or molten silver.
Of melted apricot or melting paper
إنindeed مسكthe musk of الليلnight قدalready أعقبهfollowed it
إن مسك الليل قد أعقبه
منfrom سنىthe radiance of الأصباحdawn كافورٌcamphor عَبِقfragrant
من سنى الأصباح كافورٌ عَبِق
Indeed, the musk of night has been followed
The musk of night followed
By fragrant camphor from the radiance of dawn.
By the morning's camphor, fragrant
فكأنso, as though الفجرdawn عينa spring فجِّرتwas made to gush
فكأن الفجر عين فجِّرت
وكأنand as though الليلnight زنجيٍّa Black African man غرِقdrowned
وكأن الليل زنجيٍّ غرِق
As though dawn were a spring made to gush,
As if dawn were an eye made to weep
And as though night were a drowned Black African man,
And night a drowned Abyssinian
وكأنand as though الأنجمthe stars الزُهرthe bright ones مهاoryx
وكأن الأنجم الزُهر مها
راعهstartled it السِرحانthe wolf صبحاًat dawn فافترقand so it scattered
راعه السِرحان صبحاً فافترق
And as though the bright stars were oryx:
As if the stars were flowers
A wolf startled them at dawn, and they scattered.
Tended by the wakeful, scattered at dawn
Sol 6.1