هاتِ اِسقِنيها فَيهَجا
تَصدَع بِالصُبحِ الدُجا
Bring it; pour me that wine,
Bring it to me, so at dawn
which cleaves the darkness with dawn.
It may shatter into pieces
وَعاطِني كَأساً رَنَو
ناةٍ وَقُل لا حَرَجا
And pass me a cup of
And give me a cup, gently,
wine, and say, 'There is no sin.'
Without guilt or shame
في فُلكِ نوحٍ حُمِلَت
وَقبلُ عاشَت حِجَجا
It was carried in Noah's ark,
In Noah's ark it was carried
and before that had lived for years.
And before that it made pilgrimages
كَم قَدَحَت إِذ قُدِحَت
زَنداً فَأَذكَت سُرُجا
How often, when ladled out, it struck
How many drinks were drank when it was used
a fire-stick and kindled lamps!
Kindling the lamps
لَو شَرِبَ المنطيقُ مِن
ها أَربَعاً تَلَجلَجا
If the eloquent speaker drank of
If Logic drank four cups from it
it four cups, he would stammer.
It would stagger tipsily
مُهجَةُ دَنٍّ أُودِعَت
سِرّاً يَسُرُّ المُهَجا
A wine jar's lifeblood, entrusted
The passion of humbleness was placed
with a secret that gladdens souls.
As a secret that brings joy to the passionate
هَلِ اِستَعارَ المِسكُ في
دارينَ مِنها الأَرَجا
Did musk borrow, in
Did musk borrow in my house
Darin, its fragrance from it?
Some of its subtle fragrance?
Sol 6.1