ياO ليلةnight باتspent the night ثغرmouth الكأسthe cup معتنقيembracing me
يا ليلة بات ثغر الكأس معتنقي
فيهاwithin it فداكmay it ransom you سوادdark core القلبthe heart والحدقand the pupils
فيها فداك سواد القلب والحدق
O night, the cup's mouth embraced me all night
O night when the cup's rim clung to my mouth,
within you—may my heart's dark core and my pupils ransom you!
For your sake, the darkness of my heart and eyes.
إنif كنتI was أنشرbeing revived صباًa lovesick man ميتاًdead فلقدthen surely
إن كنت أنشر صباً ميتاً فلقد
أماتkilled فقدكlosing you ماwhat أبقيتyou left منof رمقيmy remaining life
أمات فقدك ما أبقيت من رمقي
If I, a dead, lovesick man, was revived, then surely
If I spread dead youth, for your loss
losing you has killed what little life you left in me.
Has killed what life remained in me.
سمحتyou bestowed ليon me برشاًwith a fawn أدريmade aware الوشاةthe tale-bearers بهof him
سمحت لي برشاً أدري الوشاة به
جبينهhis brow والشذاand the fragrance منfrom نشرهhis wafting scent العبقfragrant
جبينه والشذا من نشره العبق
You granted me a fawn, revealed to the tale-bearers by
You allowed me a drink, though the slanderers knew,
his brow and the sweet perfume wafting from him.
On his brow, and the aroma of its sprinkling is fragrant.
فيin روضةa garden كلماwhenever ماستswayed معاطفهhis body's curves
في روضة كلما ماست معاطفه
فيهاwithin it تسترتveiled themselves الأغصانthe branches بالورقwith leaves
فيها تسترت الأغصان بالورق
In a garden, whenever his supple form swayed,
In a garden, whenever its coats touched it,
the branches there veiled themselves in leaves.
The branches hid themselves in leaves.
وباتand he spent the night يطفيءquenching بالعذبwith the sweetness المبردcool منfrom
وبات يطفيء بالعذب المبرد من
لماهhis dusky lips ماwhat أضرمتkindled خداهhis two cheeks منof حرقيmy burning anguish
لماه ما أضرمت خداه من حرقي
And all night he quenched, with the cool sweetness of
And he put out, with the sweet cooled from its
his dusky lips, the burning his cheeks had kindled in me.
Waters, what fires my cheek kindled.
وبتand I spent the night حاويembracing بدرfull moon التمfullness إذas بيديwith my hand
وبت حاوي بدر التم إذ بيدي
طوقتI looped اسودthe black serpent ذاكthat الشعرhair فيaround عنقيmy neck
طوقت اسود ذاك الشعر في عنقي
And I spent the night embracing the full moon, as with my hand
And I spent the night, the round moon in my hands,
I looped that hair's black serpent around my neck.
I wound that black hair round my neck.
وجاءand he came يسعىhurrying بهاwith it حمراءred قبالهاopposite it
وجاء يسعى بها حمراء قبالها
بوجههwith his face فبدتso it appeared شمسينtwo suns فيin أفقa horizon
بوجهه فبدت شمسين في أفق
And he came hurrying with it, red, opposite
And she came hurrying, her face red toward it,
his face, so they appeared as two suns on one horizon.
So two suns appeared on the horizon.
بكرvirgin wine حبتهاgave it ثناياهhis front teeth الحبابthe bubbles كماjust as
بكر حبتها ثناياه الحباب كما
خداهhis two cheeks ألقتcast عليهاupon it حمرةthe redness الشفقtwilight
خداه ألقت عليها حمرة الشفق
Virgin wine—his front teeth gave it its bubbles, just as
The folds of his gown sucked its whiteness, as
his cheeks cast upon it the redness of twilight.
The sunset cast redness on her cheek.
وقالand he said دونكهاtake it إنif شئتyou wish منfrom قدحيmy goblet
وقال دونكها إن شئت من قدحي
أوor منfrom لمىthe dark tint شفتيmy lip اللعساءdusky أوor حدقيmy pupils
أو من لمى شفتي اللعساء أو حدقي
And he said, “Take it, if you wish, from my goblet,
And he said, "Lower than her, if you wish, from my cup,
or from the dark tint of my dusky lip, or from my pupils.
Or from my juicy lip, or my languid eye.
كلeach مدامwine وإنand if شككتyou doubt هاhere is شفتيmy lip
كل مدام وإن شككت ها شفتي
وهذهand this الكأسthe cup فاخترso choose ماwhat تشاوذقyou wish, and taste
وهذه الكأس فاختر ما تشاوذق
Each is wine; and if you doubt it, here is my lip,
Every goblet, though you doubt, O my lip
and here is the cup: choose what you wish, and taste.”
And this cup, so choose what you wish to taste."
فياso, oh لهاfor it ليلةa night قضيتهاI spent it عجباًin wonder
فيا لها ليلة قضيتها عجباً
الشمسthe sun مغتبقيmy evening draught والبدرand the full moon معتنقيembracing me
الشمس مغتبقي والبدر معتنقي
Oh, what a wondrous night I spent!
O night I spent it strangely,
The sun was my evening draught, and the full moon embraced me.
The sun clinging to me, the moon embracing me!
Sol 6.1