Sol 6.1

  1. يا ساقي الندامى بلا ما

    املا لي واستعين

    O cupbearer of the drinking companions, without water,

    fill my cup and seek aid,

  2. مع بدر تسامى دواما

    بالألحاظ يسبيني

    with a full moon, forever exalted,

    who takes me captive with his glances.

  3. وانظر للتفاح

    من خده كيف لاح

    And look at the apples—

    how they gleam from his cheek!

  4. والمسك الفيّاح

    من ثغره قد فاح

    And the fragrant musk

    has wafted from his mouth.

  5. فاملي راحي

    واجلي أقداحي

    So pour my wine,

    and brighten my goblets;

  6. وبها حَيّين

    يا نديم تُحيين

    and toast me with it,

    O drinking companion—you revive me.

  7. يا صاح من غزالي بدا لي

    ما يسبي العشاق

    O friend, I have seen in my gazelle

    what takes lovers captive:

  8. جبين كالهلال وما لي

    من أسره إطلاق

    a brow like the crescent—and I have no

    release from his captivity.

  9. يزري بالغزلان

    في غزل الأجفان

    He puts the gazelles to shame

    in the flirtation of his eyelids.

  10. ما أحلاه من إنسان

    قد فاق الأغصان

    How beautiful a man he is!

    He has surpassed the boughs

  11. حين مال كالآس

    وصال يا ناس

    when he swayed like myrtle

    and strutted, O people,

  12. بقوام فيه ماس

    في الهوى أفنين

    with his proudly swaying figure.

    In love he has consumed me.

  13. وصال دواي ودائي

    من خوف الهجران

    Union is my cure, and my illness

    comes from fear of separation.

  14. وذا كان مناي بنائي

    في كل الأزمان

    And this was my wish, my edifice,

    throughout all ages.

  15. وحياة راس سيدي

    يوم وصله

    By the life of my master's head,

    a day of union with him

  16. عندي لو كان ذا في يديّ

    وفي مقصودي

    would be mine, were this in my hands

    and as I desired.

  17. قد صار قلبي

    مُضنى مُسبّى

    My heart has become

    worn out, taken captive;

  18. وعسى في حين

    بالوصال يشفين

    and perhaps, in time,

    he will heal me through union.