وَلَيلَةٍand a night غابَتvanished بِهاduring it النُحُوسُill omens
وَلَيلَةٍ غابَت بِها النُحُوسُ
وَدارَتِand went round الأَكوابُthe goblets وَالكُؤُوسُand the cups
وَدارَتِ الأَكوابُ وَالكُؤُوسُ
And a night when ill omens vanished,
And a night when misfortunes were absent
And goblets and cups went round,
And cups and goblets made their rounds
كَأَنَّهاas though they were ماwhat تَعبُدُworship المَجُوسُthe Magians
كَأَنَّها ما تَعبُدُ المَجُوسُ
عَقلُreason الفَتىthe young man الثَبتِsteadfast بِهاby it مَخلُوسُstolen away
عَقلُ الفَتى الثَبتِ بِها مَخلُوسُ
As though they were what the Magians worship.
As if they were not worshipped by Magians
The steadfast young man's reason is stolen away by it,
The stable mind of the young man was lost
كَأَنَّهُas though he were مِنfrom فَرَجٍrelief مَمسُوسُpossessed
كَأَنَّهُ مِن فَرَجٍ مَمسُوسُ
وَمَنزِلٌand a dwelling مُستَوطَنٌinhabited مَأنُوسُwelcoming
وَمَنزِلٌ مُستَوطَنٌ مَأنُوسُ
As though relief had driven him mad.
As if he was bitten by a rabid one
And a dwelling, inhabited and welcoming,
And a dwelling he was used to residing in
نُودِمَwas joined in drinking فيهِin it المَلِكُthe king المَحرُوسُwell-guarded
نُودِمَ فيهِ المَلِكُ المَحرُوسُ
فيin جَنَّةٍa garden زَهَتflourished بِهاin it الغُرُوسُthe planted trees
في جَنَّةٍ زَهَت بِها الغُرُوسُ
Where the well-guarded king was joined in drinking,
Where the protected King was destroyed
In a garden where the planted trees flourished.
In a garden in which branches blossomed
أَغصانُهاits branches مُونِقَةٌlovely تَمِيسُsway
أَغصانُها مُونِقَةٌ تَمِيسُ
كَأَنَّهاas though they were حينَwhen تَمِيسُthey sway العِيسُthe white camels
كَأَنَّها حينَ تَمِيسُ العِيسُ
Its lovely branches sway,
With gentle boughs that incline
As they sway, they seem like white camels,
As if when the fawn inclines
رَنَّحَهاmade them sway التَهجِيرُmidday travel وَالتَغلِيسُand predawn travel
رَنَّحَها التَهجِيرُ وَالتَغلِيسُ
إِلىtoward فَتىًa young man بَعضُone of عِداهُhis enemies الكَيسُprudence
إِلى فَتىً بَعضُ عِداهُ الكَيسُ
Set swaying by travel at noon and before dawn,
It was shaken by exile and oppression
Toward a young man who counts prudence among his foes.
To a young man, some of whose peers are wise
قَدindeed مُزِجَتhave been mingled بِحُبِّهِwith love for him النُفوسُsouls
قَد مُزِجَت بِحُبِّهِ النُفوسُ
أَثنىspoke praise عَلَيهِof him الطائِرُthe bird المَحبُوسُcaged
أَثنى عَلَيهِ الطائِرُ المَحبُوسُ
Souls have been imbued with love for him.
His love was mixed with souls
The caged bird has praised him,
The caged bird praised him
وَاختالَand strutted فيin دَوحَتِهِhis spreading tree الطاوُوسُthe peacock
وَاختالَ في دَوحَتِهِ الطاوُوسُ
طالِعَةًrising فيin رِيشِهِits plumage الشُمُوسُthe suns
طالِعَةً في رِيشِهِ الشُمُوسُ
And the peacock strutted in his spreading tree,
And the peacock swaggered in his orchard
With suns rising in its plumage.
With suns rising in its feathers
ياO مَلِكاًking حاسِدُهُhis envier مَتعُوسill-fated
يا مَلِكاً حاسِدُهُ مَتعُوس
وَضِدُّهُand his foe تَحتَbeneath الثَرىthe earth مَرمُوسُburied
وَضِدُّهُ تَحتَ الثَرى مَرمُوسُ
O king whose envier is ill-fated,
O king, his envious enemies
And whose foe lies buried beneath the earth,
And his foes are buried underneath the soil
إِنعَمlive in ease وَلَذَّand take delight لاmay not عَراكَbefall you بُوسُmisery
إِنعَم وَلَذَّ لا عَراكَ بُوسُ
وَلاnor may دَنَتdraw near مِنto سَعدِكَyour good fortune النُحُوسُill omens
وَلا دَنَت مِن سَعدِكَ النُحُوسُ
Live in ease and take delight; may no misery befall you,
He lived in pleasure without any troubles
Nor may ill omens draw near your good fortune.
Nor did misfortunes approach your happiness
فَأَنتَfor you are غَرسُthe shoot الكَرَمِof generosity المَغرُوسُplanted
فَأَنتَ غَرسُ الكَرَمِ المَغرُوسُ
أَقَرَّتِhave acknowledged الأَقلامُthe pens وَالطُرُوسُand the pages
أَقَرَّتِ الأَقلامُ وَالطُرُوسُ
For you are the planted shoot of generosity.
For you are a planted seed of generosity
The pens and pages have acknowledged
Pens and inkwells have affirmed
بِأَنَّكَthat you are الرَئِيسُthe leader لاnot المَرؤُوسُthe subordinate
بِأَنَّكَ الرَئِيسُ لا المَرؤُوسُ
That you are the leader, not the led.
That you are the leader, not the follower
Sol 6.1