Sol 6.1

  1. قُم هاتِها وحسامُ الفَجرُ مُنذلقُ

    صَهباءَ منها ضياءُ الصُبح ينفلقُ

    Rise, bring it, while dawn's sword glides forth.

    A tawny wine from which morning's radiance breaks forth.

  2. لم تَدرِ حين توافيها أَصبغتها

    تَلوحُ أَم وجنةُ الساقي أَم الشَفقُ

    You cannot tell, when you come upon it: is it its hue

    That gleams, or the cupbearer's cheek, or twilight's glow?

  3. كأَنَّها في الدُجى شَمسٌ تُضيء لنا

    فَينجَلي عن سَنى أَنوارها الغَسقُ

    As though in the darkness it were a sun shining for us,

    So darkness retreats before the brilliance of its light.

  4. أَلقَت على الصُبح نوراً من أَشعَّتِها

    فاِحمرَّ من خجلٍ من نورها الأُفُقُ

    It cast upon morning a light from its rays,

    So the horizon blushed with shame at its light.

  5. عذراءُ تُغضي حَياءً من مُلامِسها

    فَيَستَحيلُ حَباباً فوقها العَرقُ

    A virgin, she lowers her gaze, shy before whoever touches her;

    So sweat turns to bubbles on her surface.

  6. إِذا تجلّى لنا من أفقِها قدحٌ

    دارَت نِطاقاً على حافاتِه الحدقُ

    When a goblet appears to us from its horizon,

    Eyes encircle its rims like a girdle.

  7. وإِن جَلاها بلا مزجٍ مُشَعشعُها

    يَكادُ من لهبِ اللألاءِ يَحتَرِقُ

    And if its mixer reveals it without dilution,

    He nearly burns from the blaze of its brilliance.

  8. تخالُها شفقاً حتّى إِذا لَمعَت

    حسبتَها البرقَ في الظَلماءِ يأتلقُ

    You take it for twilight's glow, until it flashes;

    Then you think it lightning gleaming in the darkness.

  9. من كفِّ أَغيدَ في خلخاله حَرَجٌ

    إِذا تَثَنّى وفي أَجراسِهِ قَلقُ

    From the hand of a supple youth whose anklet is tight

    When he sways, and its bells are restless.

  10. يُديرُها وهو مهتزٌّ لها طَرباً

    كأَنَّما هزَّهُ من رَوعةٍ فَرَقُ

    He passes it round, swaying with delight in it,

    As though fear had shaken him in alarm.

  11. في خَدِّه وَمحيّاه ومبسَمهِ

    نارٌ ونورٌ ونورٌ نشرُهُ عَبِقُ

    In his cheek, his face, and his smiling mouth

    Are fire, light, and blossoms whose fragrance is sweet.

  12. يَجلو دُجى فَرعه لألاءُ غُرَّته

    كأَنَّما اِنشقَّ عن أَزاراه الفَلقُ

    The radiance of his brow dispels the darkness of his locks,

    As though daybreak had burst through his buttons [uncertain reading].

  13. تَرى النَدامى سُكارى حين تلحظُه

    كأَنَّهم من حُميّا لحظه اِغتَبقوا

    You see the drinking companions drunk when you look at him,

    As though they had drunk his gaze's heady wine at evening.

  14. يُغضي بذي كَحَل بالسِحرِ مُكتحلٍ

    وَسنانَ ما راعه سُهدٌ ولا أَرقُ

    He lowers a naturally kohl-dark eye, lined with magic,

    Drowsy, untroubled by sleeplessness or insomnia.

  15. ظَبيٌ ولكنَّه بالدُرِّ متَّشحٌ

    بدرٌ ولكنَّه بالتِبر مُنتطِقُ

    A gazelle, yet draped in pearls;

    A full moon, yet girdled with gold.

  16. تَطيب ريّا شذاهُ كلَّما نسمَت

    كالمِسكِ يَزدادُ طيباً حين يُنتَشَقُ

    His perfume's fragrance grows sweeter whenever it wafts,

    Like musk, which grows more fragrant when inhaled.

  17. كَم من أَحاديثَ أَبداها تعتّبُه

    كأَنَّها دُرَرٌ قد ضمَّها نَسَقُ

    How many utterances his reproaches brought forth,

    As though they were pearls gathered in ordered array.

  18. فودَّ كاشحُنا لو ناله صمَمٌ

    إِذ باتَ من كثبٍ للسَمع يَستَرِقُ

    So our spiteful foe wished that deafness would strike him,

    As he spent the night nearby, listening furtively.