أَديراpass round, you two عَلَيَّto me الكَأسَthe cup لَيسَthere is not لَهاfor it تَركُforsaking
أَديرا عَلَيَّ الكَأسَ لَيسَ لَها تَركُ
وَياand O لائِميmy reproacher ليfor me فِتنَتيmy infatuation وَلَكَand for you النَسكُpiety
وَيا لائِمي لي فِتنَتي وَلَكَ النَسكُ
Pass me the cup, you two; it is not to be forsaken.
And, O my reproacher, my infatuation is mine, and piety is yours.
دَعونيleave me وَنَفسيand myself بارَكَmay bless اللَهُGod فيكُمُin you all
دَعوني وَنَفسي بارَكَ اللَهُ فيكُمُ
أَماis there not? لِأَسيرِfor the captive الغَيِّof error مِنfrom لَومِكُمyour reproach فَكُّrelease
أَما لِأَسيرِ الغَيِّ مِن لَومِكُم فَكُّ
Leave me to myself; may God bless you.
Is there no release from your reproach for the captive of error?
إِذاif لَمnot يَكُنhe is لِلرُشدِto right guidance وَالنُصحِand counsel قابِلاًreceptive
إِذا لَم يَكُن لِلرُشدِ وَالنُصحِ قابِلاً
فَسُخطُكُمُso your displeasure جَهلٌignorance وَلَومُكُمُand your reproach مَحكُobstinate wrangling
فَسُخطُكُمُ جَهلٌ وَلَومُكُمُ مَحكُ
If he is not receptive to right guidance and counsel,
Then your displeasure is ignorance, and your reproach is obstinate wrangling.
فَخَلّواso leave alone فَتىًa youth بِاللَهوِof revelry وَالكَأسِand the cup مُغرَماًenamored
فَخَلّوا فَتىً بِاللَهوِ وَالكَأسِ مُغرَماً
فَماfor there is no عِندَهُwith him سَمعٌhearing فَهَلso is there? عِندَكُمwith you all تَركُleaving alone
فَما عِندَهُ سَمعٌ فَهَل عِندَكُم تَركُ
So leave alone a youth enamored of revelry and the cup;
For he will not listen; will you, then, leave him alone?
مُعَتَّقَةٌaged wine صاغَfashioned المِزاجُthe admixture لِرَأسِهاfor its head
مُعَتَّقَةٌ صاغَ المِزاجُ لِرَأسِها
أَكاليلَwreaths دُرٍّpearls ماno لِمَنظومِهاfor their strung pearls سِلكُthread
أَكاليلَ دُرٍّ ما لِمَنظومِها سِلكُ
An aged wine: the admixture fashioned for its head
Wreaths of pearls, strung without a thread.
جَرَتflowed حَرَكاتُmotions الدَهرِtime فَوقَover سُكونِهاits stillness
جَرَت حَرَكاتُ الدَهرِ فَوقَ سُكونِها
فَذابَso it melted كَذَوبِlike the melting of التِبرِraw gold أَخلَصَهاpurified it السَبكُsmelting
فَذابَ كَذَوبِ التِبرِ أَخلَصَها السَبكُ
The motions of time flowed over its stillness,
So it melted like raw gold, purified by smelting.
وَأَدرَكَand obtained مِنهاfrom it الآخَرونَthe others بَقيَّةًa remnant
وَأَدرَكَ مِنها الآخَرونَ بَقيَّةً
مِنَof الرَوحِvital breath فيin جِسمٍa body أَضَرَّdid harm بِهِto it النَهكُexhaustion
مِنَ الرَوحِ في جِسمٍ أَضَرَّ بِهِ النَهكُ
And others obtained from it a remnant
Of vital breath in a body ravaged by exhaustion.
فَقَدfor indeed خَفِيَتit became invisible مِنthrough صَفوِهاits clarity فَكَأَنَّهاso as though it were
فَقَد خَفِيَت مِن صَفوِها فَكَأَنَّها
بَقاياremnants يَقينٍcertainty كادَalmost يُدرِكُهُovertakes it الشَكُّdoubt
بَقايا يَقينٍ كادَ يُدرِكُهُ الشَكُّ
For its clarity has made it invisible, as though it were
Remnants of certainty almost overtaken by doubt.
وَطافَand went round بِهاwith it ساقٍa cupbearer أَديبٌcultured بِمِبزَلٍwith a tapping spike
وَطافَ بِها ساقٍ أَديبٌ بِمِبزَلٍ
كَخَنجَرِlike the dagger of عَيّارٍa rogue صِناعَتُهُhis trade الفَتكُtreacherous killing
كَخَنجَرِ عَيّارٍ صِناعَتُهُ الفَتكُ
And a cultured cupbearer passed it round with a tapping spike,
Like the dagger of a rogue whose trade is murder.
وَرُدَّتand was returned إِلَيناto us الشَمسُthe sun تَرفُلُwalks with trailing robes فيin الدُجىdarkness
وَرُدَّت إِلَينا الشَمسُ تَرفُلُ في الدُجى
فَكانَso there was لِسِترِfor the veil اللَيلِof night مِنfrom نورِهاits light هَتكُa rending
فَكانَ لِسِترِ اللَيلِ مِن نورِها هَتكُ
And the sun was returned to us, trailing its robes in the darkness,
So its light tore the veil of night.
إِذاwhen سَكَنَتit settled in قَلباًa heart تَرَحَّلَdeparted هَمُّهُits worry
إِذا سَكَنَت قَلباً تَرَحَّلَ هَمُّهُ
وَطابَتand grew pleasant لَهُfor him دُنياهُhis earthly life وَاِنقَمَعَand was quelled الضَنكُdistress
وَطابَت لَهُ دُنياهُ وَاِنقَمَعَ الضَنكُ
When it settles in a heart, that heart's worries depart,
And his life grows sweet to him, and distress is quelled.
وَماand not المُلكُkingship فيin الدُنياthis world بَهَمٍّworry وَحَسرَةٍand regret
وَما المُلكُ في الدُنيا بَهَمٍّ وَحَسرَةٍ
وَلَكِنَّماbut only مُلكُkingship السُرورِof joy هُوَit is المُلكُkingship
وَلَكِنَّما مُلكُ السُرورِ هُوَ المُلكُ
And kingship in this world is not worry and regret;
But the kingship of joy alone is true kingship.
Sol 6.1