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O friend, are these suns

يا صاح هل هذه شموس

1. O friend, are these suns
That shine for the living or goblets

١. يا صَاحِ هَلْ هَذه شُمُوسُ
تَلوحُ للحيِّ أمْ كُؤُوسُ

2. Of wine that each time they appear
The suns bow down before their light?

٢. مُدامةٌ كُلمَّا تجلَت
بانوارها تَسْجُدُ الشُّمُوسُ

3. She was wed while still a maiden
Radiant like a bride on her wedding day.

٣. قدْ زُوّجَتْ وهي للنُّدَامَى
تُجْلَى كما تَنْجَلي العَروسُ

4. Her age was in a time
With no generosity or chivalry.

٤. وَعصْرُها كان في زَمَان
لا كَرْم فيه ولا غُروسُ

5. She was crowned while the age was a child
Before ideals were conceived.

٥. وتُوّجتْ والزَّمانُ طفلٌ
من قبلْ أن توُجَدَ الطُّروسُ

6. The wind was told, "She is a soul
That gives life with her breath to souls."

٦. قيل لها الرَّاحُ وهي رُوحٌ
تحْيا بأنْفاسِهَا النُّفوسُ

7. The cupbearers of her goblets are pillars
So why would her lovers sit?

٧. سُقاةُ كاسَاتِها قِيَامٌ
فَمَا لعشاقها جُلوُسُ