لاdo not تدرهاpass it round فإننيfor I am غيرnot صاحsober
لا تدرها فإنني غير صاح
ربmany a راحٍwine شربتI drank منfrom غيرother than راحwine
رب راحٍ شربت من غير راح
Do not pass it round, for I am not sober.
She knows not that I am no reveler,
Many a draught of wine have I drunk without wine.
A passerby who drank without cheer,
كمhow many صريعٍfallen man لمdid not يرشفsip الكأسthe cup يوماًever
كم صريعٍ لم يرشف الكأس يوماً
صرعتهstruck him down كأسcup الهوىpassionate love السفاحblood-shedding
صرعته كأس الهوى السفاح
How many a fallen man has never once sipped the cup,
How many slain never sipped from the cup,
yet the cup of murderous love has struck him down.
Slain by the deadly wine of passion sincere,
فأجرزهاso withhold it (reading uncertain) عنfrom مغرمpassionate lover مستهامlost in love
فأجرزها عن مغرم مستهام
تبلتravaged قلبهhis heart عيونeyes الملاحbeauties
تبلت قلبه عيون الملاح
So withhold it from a lover lost in passion,
So spare me, o obsessed and crazed lover,
whose heart the eyes of beauties have ravaged.
Whose heart is marred by the eyes of the sincere,
ماnot صدفناwe turned away عنfrom ودهاher love علمknows اللَGod (first part)
ما صدفنا عن ودها علم اللَ
هcompletion of 'God' ولسناand we are not لهجرهاat forsaking her فيin ارتياحcomfort
ه ولسنا لهجرها في ارتياح
We have not turned away from her love—God
Not ignorance of her love turned us away,
knows—and find no comfort in forsaking her.
Nor are we pleased to be estranged from the sincere,
غرbut (reading uncertain) أنيthat I لثمتI kissed ثغرmouth مليحa beauty
غر أني لثمت ثغر مليح
أينwhere منهin comparison with it مراشفsipping-rims الأقداحgoblets
أين منه مراشف الأقداح
But I have kissed a beauty's lips;
But I kissed a rosy lip, so sweet,
how can the lips of goblets compare with them?
Where is its like, o tipped cups of cheer?
ذاthis كذوبdeceitful النضارpure gold والتبرand raw gold لكنbut
ذا كذوب النضار والتبر لكن
ذاكthat أروىmore thirst-quenching لغلةfor the burning thirst of الملتاحthe parched one
ذاك أروى لغلة الملتاح
This deceives with its pure gold and raw gold, but
This is fresh and pure, but that
that better slakes the parched one's burning thirst.
Is more soothing to the bonded sincere.
Sol 6.1