Sol 6.1

  1. إذا حَذرتَ زماناً لم تُستر به

    كم قد أتى سهلُ دهرٍ بعد أَصْعَبِه

    If you dread a time in which you found no shelter,

    how often has an age's ease followed its hardest days!

  2. فاقبل من الدّهر ما آتاك مختلِطاً

    لعلَّ مُرَّك يحلو في تَقلُّبه

    So accept from time what it brings you, mixed as it is;

    perhaps your bitter lot will grow sweet as time changes.

  3. خُذْها إليك ودَعْ لومي مُشَعْشَةً

    من كفّ أقنى أسيلِ الخدّ مُذْهَبِهِ

    Take it for yourself, mixed with water, and stop blaming me,

    from the hand of one with an aquiline nose and a smooth, gilded cheek.

  4. في كلّ مَعْقِد حسن منه مُعْترِضٌ

    يَحْميه دونك من أن تَستبدّ به

    At every seat of beauty in him stands a barrier,

    guarding it from you, lest you take sole possession of it.

  5. فكُحلُ عينيه ممنوع بِخنْجره

    ووردُ خدّيه مَحْمِيّ بعقربه

    For the kohl of his eyes is guarded by his dagger,

    and the roses of his cheeks are protected by his scorpion.

  6. لا تترك القدَحَ المملوء في يده

    إني أخاف عليها من تَلَهّبه

    Do not leave the brimming goblet in his hand;

    I fear for it because of his blazing heat.

  7. وصُنْه عن سقْينا إن أغارُ به

    وسَقِّه واسقِني من فضل مَشْربه

    And spare him serving us, if I am jealous over him;

    and give him drink, and give me what remains of his draught.

  8. وانظر إلى الليل كالزّنجي منهزِماً

    والصّبح في إثره يعدو بأشْهبَه

    And look at night, fleeing like a Zanj man,

    while dawn races in its wake on his gray steed.

  9. والبدرُ مُنْتصِبٌ ما بين أنجمه

    كأنّه مَلِكٌ في وسط موْكِبه

    And the full moon stands upright among its stars,

    as though it were a king in the midst of his procession.