ياO ساقيcupbearer قضيبُbough الرندlaurel ريانُlush
يا ساقي قضيبُ الرند ريانُ
والبدرand the full moon ملتحفٌcloaked والصبحand dawn عريانُnaked
والبدر ملتحفٌ والصبح عريانُ
O cupbearer, the laurel bough is lush,
O cupbearer, the libertine's rod is drenched
And the full moon is cloaked, while dawn is naked.
And the moon dons a turban, and dawn is bare
وللصباand for the east wind عثراتٌstumblings لاnot تقالare pardoned وفيand in
وللصبا عثراتٌ لا تقال وفي
سجعcooing الحمائمthe doves ترجيعٌrepeated notes وإرنانand ringing cries
سجع الحمائم ترجيعٌ وإرنان
And the east wind has stumblings that cannot be pardoned; and in
The youth has stumbles that cannot be told, and in
The doves' cooing are repeated notes and ringing cries.
The turtledoves' chant there is singing and cooing
فغالباًso overcome, you two نفثتيmy sigh بالراحwith wine واختلساand steal, you two
فغالباً نفثتي بالراح واختلسا
عقليmy mind فقدfor indeed نفحhas wafted fragrance النسرينthe wild rose والبانand the moringa
عقلي فقد نفح النسرين والبان
So overcome my sigh with wine, and steal
So I often breathed the wind and secretly stole
My mind, for wild rose and moringa have breathed their fragrance.
My mind, so the two breezes blew and were perfumed
واسترجعاand restore, you two لمتيmy tresses واستنفداand exhaust, you two طربيmy rapture
واسترجعا لمتي واستنفدا طربي
قبلbefore الشروقsunrise فللأطرابfor raptures have أوطانhomelands
قبل الشروق فللأطراب أوطان
And restore my tresses and exhaust my rapture
And regained my sobriety and exhausted my rapture
Before sunrise, for raptures have their homelands.
Before sunrise, for raptures have homelands
وعرضاand allude, you two بهوىto love for لبنيLubna فليfor I have ولهاand she has
وعرضا بهوى لبني فلي ولها
وللزجاجةand the bottle has إنif عرضتماyou two allude شانa matter
وللزجاجة إن عرضتما شان
And allude to love for Lubna; for she and I
And they presented passion to the Bani, so to it and to her
And the bottle, if you two allude, have a matter in common.
And to the flask, if you two present a matter
اليأسdespair ورديmy draught إذاwhen سحبُthe clouds of المنىwishes هطلتpour down
اليأس وردي إذا سحبُ المنى هطلت
والصبرand patience زاديmy provision إذاwhen أهلthe people of الحمىthe sanctuary بانواdeparted
والصبر زادي إذا أهل الحمى بانوا
Despair is my draught when clouds of wishes pour down,
Despair is my rose when wishes are withdrawn
And patience is my provision when the folk of the sanctuary depart.
And patience my provision when the ardently amorous become manifest
هاbehold إنindeed حلبةthe arena of أرضthe earth of اللهGod شوطa racing lap فتىa young man
ها إن حلبة أرض الله شوط فتى
فيin بسطتيthe two outstretchings of يدهhis hand بطشٌmight وإحسانُand generosity
في بسطتي يده بطشٌ وإحسانُ
Behold, the arena of God's earth is a young man's single lap;
Behold, the arena of God's earth has a youth's lap
In his hand's two outstretchings lie might and generosity.
In my palm his grasp is tyranny and beneficence
للهto God ثمthen لشاهنشاهto the King of Kings خلفتهاI have left it
لله ثم لشاهنشاه خلفتها
ماas long as طلis dew-covered فيin رملاتthe sands of القاعthe plain حوذانbuttercups
ما طل في رملات القاع حوذان
To God, then to the Shahanshah, I have left it,
To God, then to the Shah of Shahs, His regent
As long as buttercups are dew-covered in the sands of the plain.
No tall one in the sands of the desert endures
إنif كانthere is للفلكfor the sphere العلويcelestial مرتكضٌa racecourse
إن كان للفلك العلوي مرتكضٌ
فيهاwithin it فللفلكthen the sphere has الأرضيearthly سلطانُa sovereign
فيها فللفلك الأرضي سلطانُ
If the celestial sphere has a racecourse
If the celestial sphere has a pacer
Within it, then the earthly sphere has a sovereign.
In it, the terrestrial sphere has a sultan
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