لَوْ سَقَيْنَا الرُّبُوعَ مَاءَ الشَّبَابِ
مَا وَفَيْنَا فَكَيْفَ مَاءُ التَّصَابِي
If we watered the dwelling-places with the water of youth,
We would not repay them fully—how then with the water of feigned youth?
فَاسْقِنِي مِنْ مَنَازِلِ الحَيِّ وَجْداً
يَا رُبُوعَ دُمُوعَ السَّحَابِ
So, in longing, let me drink from the tribe's abodes,
O dwelling-places, the tears of clouds.
يَا ثُغُورَ الأَقَاحِ كُونِي رِضَاباً
إنَّ أَشْهَى الأقَاحِ ذَاتُ الرِّضَابِ
O mouths of daisies, become sweet saliva;
Indeed, the most delectable daisies are those with sweet saliva.
وَبِكأَسِ الشَّقِيقِ كُونِي شَرَاباً
أَنْتِ فِي حُمْرَةٍ كَلَوْنِ الشَّرابِ
And in the anemone's cup, become wine;
Your redness is like the color of wine.
أَوْثَقَتْنَا بِالنَّرْجِسِ الغَضِّ مِنْهَا
أَعْيُنٌ لاَ كَأَعْيُنِ الأَحْبَابِ
With the tender narcissus among them, we were bound
By eyes unlike the eyes of beloveds.
تِلْكَ فِيهَا مِنْ فَتْرَةِ الحُسْنِ جَمْعٌ
فَارِقٌ لِلجُسُومِ والأَلْبَابِ
Within those eyes is a gathering of beauty's languor,
That sunders bodies and minds.
Sol 6.1