Sol 6.1

  1. يا عيد عدت فأين الروض والعود

    والهف نفسي وأين الراح والغيد

    O Eid, you have returned—so where are the garden and the lute?

    Alas for my soul! And where are the wine and the graceful women?

  2. بل أين أحباب قلبي والمواعيد

    عيد بأيّة حال عدت يا عيد

    Nay, where are my heart's beloveds and the promised meetings?

    Eid, in what state have you returned, O Eid?

  3. بما مضى أم لأمر فيك تجديد

    قلبي أسيرٌ وربّ البيت عندهم

    With what has passed, or is some matter renewed in you?

    My heart is captive in their keeping, by the Lord of the House.

  4. قد حيل واحسرتا بيني وبينهم

    أين المؤاسون فاض الكاس أين هم

    A barrier has been set, alas, between me and them.

    Where are the comforters? The cup has overflowed—where are they?

  5. أمّا الأحبّة فالبيداء دونهُم

    فليت دونك بيداً دونها بيد

    As for the beloveds, the desert lies between me and them.

    If only, then, deserts lay between me and you, with deserts before them!

  6. أوّاه ضاعف أحزاني شرابكما

    شتّان شتّان ما بيني وبينكما

    Alas! Your drink has doubled my sorrows.

    How great, how great the difference between me and you two!

  7. فخبّراني بحقّ اللَه ربّكما

    يا ساقييّ أخمرٌ في كؤؤسكما

    Then tell me, you two, for the sake of God, your Lord:

    O my two cupbearers, is there wine in your cups,

  8. أم في كؤوسكما همّ وتسهيد

    يا للتّعاسة لا الأوتار تطربني

    or do your cups hold worry and sleeplessness?

    Oh, what misery! The strings do not delight me

  9. بشدوها لا ولا الأنغام تؤنسني

    فيا ندامى أمنكم من يخبّرني

    with their song—no! Nor do the melodies comfort me.

    Then, O drinking companions, is there one among you who can tell me:

  10. أخصرةٌ أنا مالي لا تحرّكني

    هذي المدام ولا تلك الأغاريد

    Am I a rock? Why am I not stirred

    by this wine or those songs?

  11. بالأمس كانت قطوف الوصل دانيةً

    واليوم أضحت لتعس الحظّ قاصية

    Yesterday, the fruit clusters of union were within reach;

    and today, through ill fortune, they have become distant.

  12. وضاع عمري وما حقّقت أمنيةً

    إذا أردت كميت الخمر صافية

    And my life has been wasted, and I have fulfilled not a single wish.

    When I desire clear, dark-red wine,

  13. وجدتها وحبيب النفس مفقود

    يومي كأمسي وأمسي أوسد وغدي

    I find it, while my soul's beloved is missing.

    My day is like my yesterday; my yesterday is black, and so is my tomorrow.

  14. يا دهر خفّف كفى ما ذقت لا تزد

    ويا رفاقي اعذروني إن نفضت يدي

    O Time, relent! What I have tasted is enough; add no more.

    And, O my companions, excuse me if I shake my hand free.

  15. لم يترك الدهر من قلبي ومن كبدي

    شيئا تتيّمه عين ولا جيد

    Time has not left of my heart and my liver

    anything that an eye or a neck might enthrall.

  16. فكم شكوت ولكن لم أجد أحدا

    يصغي فأبكي وهل تروي الدموع صدى

    So often I have complained, but found no one

    to listen; so I weep—and can tears quench thirst?

  17. وعشت لا أرتجي مالاً ولا ولدا

    وكنت أروح مثر خازنا ويدا

    And I lived, hoping for neither wealth nor a child.

    And I was the rich man whose treasurer and hand were most at ease;

  18. أنا الغنيّ وأموالي المواعيد

    وعشت بين أناس لا وعودهم

    I am the wealthy one, and my riches are promises.

    And I lived among people whose promises do not

  19. تشفي غليلا ولا تغني عهودهم

    عميٌ وأطماعهم أمسَت تقودهم

    quench a burning thirst, nor do their pledges avail.

    They are blind, and their greed now leads them.

  20. جود الرجال من الأيدي وجودهم

    من اللسان فلا كانوا ولا الجود

    Men's generosity comes from their hands, but theirs

    comes from the tongue—so may neither they nor such generosity exist!