ما للحشيش وما لي
حتى أضاع مالي
What have hashish and I to do with one another,
that it should squander my money?
في قسمة النوال
له التمر والنوى لي
When bounty is divided,
it gets the dates, and I the pits.
عيناي جا فيها
نومي وجا فيها
Into my two eyes there came
my sleep—and into them came
مَن التجا فيها
لا أم ولا أبا لي
whoever sought refuge in them.
No mother have I, nor father.
يا مَن طوى بساطي
قُم وانشر انبساطي
O you who rolled up my carpet,
rise and spread my joy wide.
بدب ودب وطاطي
وأحدب دب يطاطي
With a bear, creep and stoop low;
a hunchbacked bear creeps, stooping low.
وزكلشه بالذنب
ورقّصه كالذنب
Tug him by the tail,
and make him dance like a tail.
كم نام حدايا ودّب
في ظلمة الليالي
How often he slept beside me and crept
through the darkness of the nights.
وإن قلت من ذا اللي
انقلب يقول ذا خيالي
And if I asked, “Who is this who
rolled over?” he says, “That is my shadow.”
Sol 5.6