جهرتُI spoke aloud وقلتُand I said للساقيto the cupbearer أدِرهاpass it round
جهرتُ وقلتُ للساقي أدِرها
فقدfor indeed عزمَresolved الظلامُthe darkness علىon الزِيالِdeparture
فقد عزمَ الظلامُ على الزِيالِ
I spoke aloud and said to the cupbearer, “Pass it round!”
I called loudly to the cupbearer, "Pass it round!"
For darkness had resolved to depart.
For darkness was determined to spend the night.
وقدand already ثملتgrew drunk غصونُbranches البانِthe bān tree سُكراwith intoxication
وقد ثملت غصونُ البانِ سُكرا
وغنّىand sang الطيرُthe birds حالاًa time بعدَafter حالِa time
وغنّى الطيرُ حالاً بعدَ حالِ
And the bān-tree boughs had fallen into drunkenness,
The boughs of the acacia were drunk with wine,
And the birds sang time after time.
And birds sang, replacing song after song.
وأذّنَand he called للصلاةِto prayer وجاوبتهُand answered him
وأذّنَ للصلاةِ وجاوبتهُ
نواقيسُbells النصارَىof the Christians فيin القلاليthe monastic cells
نواقيسُ النصارَى في القلالي
And he called to prayer, and answering him were
The call to prayer sounded, responding to it
The Christians’ bells in the monastic cells.
Were church bells in the hills, chiming all around.
وطابَand grew pleasant الوقتُthe time فازفُفهاso escort her عروساas a bride
وطابَ الوقتُ فازفُفها عروسا
تريدshe seeks صِباًyouth علىdespite هَرِمَold age اللياليof the nights
تريد صِباً على هَرِمَ الليالي
And the hour grew pleasant, so escort her as a bride,
The time was right, so play for me my bride
Seeking youth despite the nights’ old age.
Who longs for youth as nights go by.
سقانيهاhe gave it to me to drink هضيمُslender الكشحِthe waist طَفلٌtender
سقانيها هضيمُ الكشحِ طَفلٌ
رخيمُgentle الحُسنِthe beauty محبوبُbeloved الدلالِthe coyness
رخيمُ الحُسنِ محبوبُ الدلالِ
He who poured it for me was tender and slender-waisted,
Serve it, a child with soft, bright cheeks,
Gentle in beauty, beloved for his coyness,
Graceful, beloved, pampered and spoiled.
أغنُّnasal-voiced مهفهَفُslender الأعطافِthe flanks يثنيhe bends
أغنُّ مهفهَفُ الأعطافِ يثني
عقولَminds الناسُof the people طرّاًall فيin عِقالِa fetter
عقولَ الناسُ طرّاً في عِقالِ
Nasal-voiced and slender-flanked, he binds
I sing, with tender limbs that bend
The minds of all people in a fetter,
Minds like boughs swaying gently in the wind.
علىwith شكوىlament هوىًpassion ونوىًand separation ووَجدٍand longing
على شكوى هوىً ونوىً ووَجدٍ
وتجميشٍand amorous teasing وميلٍand swaying واعتدالِand straightening
وتجميشٍ وميلٍ واعتدالِ
With laments of passion, separation, and longing,
With plaintive love, desire, longing and pain,
And amorous teasing, swaying, and straightening.
Rapture, inclination, balance and restrain.
شربتُI drank معwith الغزالةِthe sun والغزالِand the gazelle
شربتُ مع الغزالةِ والغزالِ
جِهاراًopenly قهوةًwine كدّمِlike the blood of الغزالِthe gazelle
جِهاراً قهوةً كدّمِ الغزالِ
I drank with the sun and the gazelle,
I drank coffee black as gazelle’s eyes
Openly, wine like a gazelle’s blood.
With the gazelle and the gazelle’s fawn.
Sol 6.1