بالراحwith wine والروحand spirit شمساًa sun أقبلتshe came سحراًbefore dawn
بالراح والروح شمساً أقبلت سحراً
والكاسand the cup فيin يدهاher hand أبهىmore splendid منthan السحرmagic
والكاس في يدها أبهى من السحر
With wine and spirit, she came as a sun before dawn.
With comfort and spirit a sun came at dawn
And the cup in her hand was more splendid than magic.
And the cup in her hand more beautiful than magic
هيفاءslender-waisted كانwas سناهاher radiance فيin الدجىthe darkness فلقاًdaybreak
هيفاء كان سناها في الدجى فلقاً
لكنbut غداbecame شفقاًtwilight glow منfrom حمرةredness الخفرbashfulness
لكن غدا شفقاً من حمرة الخفر
Slender-waisted, her radiance was daybreak in the darkness,
Hayfa, her youth was a split in the darkness
But it became twilight’s glow from the blush of bashfulness.
But tomorrow a sunset from the redness of dawn
قالتshe said وصبحand dawn ومحياهاand her face يشوقناentices us
قالت وصبح ومحياها يشوقنا
للاصطباحfor morning drinking براحwith wine المبسمthe smiling mouth العطرfragrant
للاصطباح براح المبسم العطر
She said, while dawn and her face stirred our longing
She said good morning, her smile makes us yearn
For a morning draught of the wine of her fragrant smiling mouth:
For the morning fragrance of the sweet basil
قمrise اشربdrink الشمسthe sun قبلbefore الشمسthe sun قلتI said لهاto her
قم اشرب الشمس قبل الشمس قلت لها
قوليsay منfrom الشمسthe sun ياO شمسيmy sun وياand O قمريmy moon
قولي من الشمس يا شمسي ويا قمري
“Rise, drink the sun before the sun rises.” I said to her,
Arise, drink the sun before the sun, I told her
“Say ‘from the sun,’ O my sun and my moon.”
Tell me, from the sun, my sun and my moon
Sol 6.1