لنا قَهوَةٌ في الدَّنِّ تمَّتْ شهورُها
فرقَّتْ حَواشيها وأشرقَ نُورُها
We have a wine whose months in the jar have run their course;
We have coffee that took months to brew
So its edges grew delicate, and its light shone.
Its edges separated and its light shone through
يُحيَّيكَ بالمِسكِ الذَّكيِّ دُنُّوها
ويلقاكَ بالبِشْرِ الجميلِ بَشيرُها
Its approach greets you with fragrant musk,
It welcomes you with fragrant musk when you visit
And its herald meets you with gracious cheer.
Its harbinger greets you with beautiful tidings
وقد كَتَبْت أيدي الرَّبيعِ صحائفاً
كأنَّ سُطورَ البَرقِ حُسناً سطورُها
And spring's hands have written pages,
The hands of spring have written pages
As though their lines, in beauty, were streaks of lightning.
With lines of lightning, beautifully arranged
فمِن رَوْضَةٍ سارٍ إلينا نسيمُها
ومن مُزْنَةٍ مُرخىً علينا سُتورُها
So from a garden its breeze drifts toward us,
From a delightful garden, its breeze comes to us
And from a raincloud its curtains are lowered over us.
And from a relaxed fold, its curtains upon us
وغرفتُنا الحسناءُ قد زادَ حُسنُها
بزائرةٍ في كلِّ عامٍ تَزورُها
And our lovely chamber's beauty has increased,
Our lovely room has increased in beauty
Through a visitor that visits it every year:
With a visitor every year that tours it
بمُبيَضَّةِ الأحشاءِ سودٍ ظُهُورُها
مُزَنَّرةِ الأذنابِ حُمْرٍ نُحورُها
With white bellies and black backs,
With the whitening of dark innards
With banded tails and red throats,
The red bellies of the adorned tails
مُرَفرِفَةٍ حولَ البيوتِ وفودُها
مُحَلِّقَةٍ حَولَ السُّقوفِ وكورُها
Their visiting flocks fluttering around the houses,
Fluttering around the houses are its delegations
Their nests set high around the roofs.
Circling around the ceilings are their chicks
لهُنَّ لغاتٌ مُعْجِماتٌ كأنَّها
صَريرُ نعالِ السِّبتِ عالٍ صريرُها
They have unintelligible tongues, as though they were
They have dictionaries for tongues as if
The squeak of tanned-leather sandals, their chirping loud.
They are the creaking of Saturday's worn-out shoes
تُجاورنُا حتى تَشِبَّ صِغارُها
فيَلحَقُ فينا بالكَبيرِ صَغيرُها
They dwell beside us until their young grow up,
They neighbor us until their young catch up
So in our midst their young catch up with the adults.
And join us, the little ones and the elders
فزُرْنا ترَى اللذَّاتِ بِيضاً وُجوهُها
مُحبَّبَةً رَوْحاتُها وبُكورُها
So visit us: you will see delights with faces white,
Visit and you will see pleasure on their faces
Their evening and early-morning visits much loved.
Their spirits and mornings are loved
وبادِرْ إلى الرَّاحِ التي أنتَ خُلُّها
فقد قامَ ساقينا الأَغَرُّ يُديرُها
And hasten to the wine whose dear friend you are,
And hurry to the rest that you are its void
For our radiant cupbearer has risen to pass it round.
For our most graceful server has started to spin it
Sol 6.1