وَخَمّارٍ حَطَطتُ إِلَيهِ رَحلي

وَخَمّارٍ حَطَطتُ إِلَيهِ رَحلي

فَقامَ مُرَنَّحاً ثَمِلاً يَميلُ

فَقامَ مُرَنَّحاً ثَمِلاً يَميلُ

And at a wine-seller's I set down my saddle.

My companion, burdened and leaning, I directed my camel towards him,

And many a vintner with whom I settled my journey,

Then he rose, reeling, drunk and swaying.

He stood swaying, heavily leaning to one side.

Who rose swaying, staggering in his drunkenness.

فَقُلتُ لَهُ إتَّئِدهُِ فَالرِفقُ يُمنٌ

فَقُلتُ لَهُ إتَّئِدهُِ فَالرِفقُ يُمنٌ

وَلَم يَظفَر بِحاجَتِهِ العَجولُ

وَلَم يَظفَر بِحاجَتِهِ العَجولُ

So I said to him, 'Take it slowly, for gentleness brings good fortune;

I said to him: "Rest yourself, for gentleness brings blessings,

I said to him, "Go gently, for gentleness is a blessing,

And the hasty man does not attain his desire.'

While the hasty attain not their desire."

And the hasty man never attains his desire."

فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ رَدَّ فَتىً أَديبٍ

فَرَدَّ عَلَيَّ رَدَّ فَتىً أَديبٍ

خَليلي لَستُ أَجهَلُ ما تَقولُ

خَليلي لَستُ أَجهَلُ ما تَقولُ

So he answered me with a cultured youth's reply:

He answered me with the reply of a cultured youth:

He answered me with the reply of a cultured youth:

'My friend, I am not ignorant of what you say.'

"My friend, I am not ignorant of what you say."

"My friend, I am not ignorant of what you say."

وَقامَ إِلى الَّتي عَكَفَت عَلَيها

وَقامَ إِلى الَّتي عَكَفَت عَلَيها

بَناتُ الدَهرِ وَالزَمَنِ الطَويلُ

بَناتُ الدَهرِ وَالزَمَنِ الطَويلُ

And he went to the jar over which had lingered

And he went to her, whom the daughters of time and the long eras

Then he moved toward that vessel over which

The daughters of Time and the long years.

Had busied themselves with.

The daughters of time and long ages had lingered.

فَوَدَّجَ خَصرَها فَبَدا لِسانٌ

فَوَدَّجَ خَصرَها فَبَدا لِسانٌ

كَأَنَّ لُعابَهُ عَلَقٌ يَسيلُ

كَأَنَّ لُعابَهُ عَلَقٌ يَسيلُ

So he opened a vein in her waist, and a tongue appeared,

He clasped her waist, and there appeared a tongue,

He pierced its waist, and a tongue appeared,

As though its saliva were thick blood flowing,

As if its saliva were dripping honey.

As if its spittle were flowing crimson blood,

بِكَفِّ مُزَنَّرٍ أَعلاهُ غُصنٌ

بِكَفِّ مُزَنَّرٍ أَعلاهُ غُصنٌ

وَأَسفَلُ خَصرِهِ رِدفٌ ثَقيلُ

وَأَسفَلُ خَصرِهِ رِدفٌ ثَقيلُ

In the hand of a girdled man, his upper body a branch,

With a bejeweled hand, above which was a branch,

In the hand of a sash-wearer whose upper body is a slender bough,

And below his waist, a heavy rump.

And below her waist was a heavy flank.

While below his waist lies a heavy weight.

أَقولُ وَقَد بَدا لِلصُبحِ نَجمٌ

أَقولُ وَقَد بَدا لِلصُبحِ نَجمٌ

خَليلِيَ إِنَّ فِعلَكَ بي جَميلُ

خَليلِيَ إِنَّ فِعلَكَ بي جَميلُ

I say, as a star of dawn appears:

I say, as the morning star appeared to the dawn:

I said, when the star of morning had appeared:

'My friend, your treatment of me is indeed kind.

"My friend, your deed towards me is beautiful."

"My friend, your deed toward me is gracious.

أَرِحني قَد تَرَفَّعَتِ الثُرَيّا

أَرِحني قَد تَرَفَّعَتِ الثُرَيّا

وَغالَت جُنحَ لَيلي عَنكَ غولُ

وَغالَت جُنحَ لَيلي عَنكَ غولُ

Let me rest; the Pleiades have risen high,

"Set me at ease, for the Pleiades have risen high

Pour me relief, for the Pleiades have risen high,

And a ghoul has carried my night's darkness away from you.'

And the wings of my night have flown far from you."

And a ghoul has snatched the darkness of my night away from you."

فَقالَ الآنَ تَأمُرُني بِهَذا

فَقالَ الآنَ تَأمُرُني بِهَذا

وَقَد عَلِقَت مَفاصِلِيَ الشَمولُ

وَقَد عَلِقَت مَفاصِلِيَ الشَمولُ

Then he said, 'Now you command me to do this,

He said: "Now you command me this,

He said, "Is it now that you command me to do this,

When wine has already taken hold of my joints?'

When my joints have been seized by paralysis."

When the wine has already seized my every joint?"