دَع لِباكيها الدِيارا

دَع لِباكيها الدِيارا

وَاِنفِ بِالخَمرِ الخُمارا

وَاِنفِ بِالخَمرِ الخُمارا

Leave the dwellings to the one who weeps for them,

Leave the ruins to the one who weeps for them,

And banish the hangover with wine.

And banish your hangover with wine.

وَاِشرَبَنها مِن كُمَيتٍ

وَاِشرَبَنها مِن كُمَيتٍ

تَدَعُ اللَيلَ نَهارا

تَدَعُ اللَيلَ نَهارا

And drink it—a deep-red wine

Drink deeply of a dark red vintage,

That turns the night into day.

That turns the night into day.

بِنتُ عَشرٍ لَم تُعايِن

بِنتُ عَشرٍ لَم تُعايِن

غَيرَ نارِ الشَمسِ نارا

غَيرَ نارِ الشَمسِ نارا

Ten years old, she had never seen

A daughter of ten years, who has witnessed

Any fire but the fire of the sun.

No fire other than the fire of the sun.

لَم تَزَل في قَعرِ دَنٍّ

لَم تَزَل في قَعرِ دَنٍّ

مُشعَرٍ زِفتاً وَقارا

مُشعَرٍ زِفتاً وَقارا

She had remained in the depths of a wine-jar,

She remained continuously in the depths of a cask,

Lined with pitch and tar.

Lined with pitch and tar.

ثُمَّ شُجَّت فَأَدارَت

ثُمَّ شُجَّت فَأَدارَت

فَوقَها طَوقاً فَدارا

فَوقَها طَوقاً فَدارا

Then, mixed with water, she formed

Then, when broached and mixed, she formed

A ring above herself, and it circled,

A ring of foam upon her surface that spun around,

كَاِقتِرانِ الدُرِّ بِالدُر

كَاِقتِرانِ الدُرِّ بِالدُر

رِ صِغاراً وَكِبارا

رِ صِغاراً وَكِبارا

Like pearls joined to pearls,

Like the joining of pearls with pearls,

Small and large.

Both small and large.

فَإِذا ما اِعتَرَضَتهُ ال

فَإِذا ما اِعتَرَضَتهُ ال

عَينُ مِن حَيثُ اِستَدارا

عَينُ مِن حَيثُ اِستَدارا

And when it is surveyed by the

And when the eye intercepts it

Eye, wherever it curves around,

From the angle where it circles,

خِلتَهُ في جَنَباتِ ال

خِلتَهُ في جَنَباتِ ال

كَأسِ واواتٍ صِغارا

كَأسِ واواتٍ صِغارا

You would take it, along the sides of the

You would imagine, along the sides of the cup,

Cup, for tiny wāw letters.

Small letters of 'Waw'.

مِن يَدَي ساقٍ ظَريفٍ

مِن يَدَي ساقٍ ظَريفٍ

كَسِيَ الحُسنَ شِعارا

كَسِيَ الحُسنَ شِعارا

From the hands of a charming cupbearer,

From the hands of a charming cupbearer,

Clothed in beauty as his inner robe,

Who is clothed in beauty as a garment.

يَقتَري القَومَ بِكَأسٍ

يَقتَري القَومَ بِكَأسٍ

تُلبِسُ الخَمرَ إِزارا

تُلبِسُ الخَمرَ إِزارا

He goes round the company with a cup

He attends to the company with a cup

That dresses the wine in a waist-wrap.

That cloaks the wine like a robe.

فَإِذا ما سَلسَلوها

فَإِذا ما سَلسَلوها

أَحذَتِ العَينَ اِحمِرارا

أَحذَتِ العَينَ اِحمِرارا

And when they dilute it,

And when they poured it smoothly out,

It gives the eye a flush of red.

It cast a redness upon the eye.

وَمُغَنٍّ كُلَّما شِئ

وَمُغَنٍّ كُلَّما شِئ

تُ تَغَنّى وَأَشارا

تُ تَغَنّى وَأَشارا

And a singer who, whenever I wished,

And there was a singer who, whenever I wished,

Would sing and gesture.

Would sing and gesture;

رَفَعَ الصَوتَ بِصَوتٍ

رَفَعَ الصَوتَ بِصَوتٍ

هاجَ لِلقَلبِ اِدِّكارا

هاجَ لِلقَلبِ اِدِّكارا

He raised his voice in a song

He raised his voice with a melody

That stirred remembrance in the heart:

That stirred memories in the heart:

صاحِ هَل أَبصَرتَ بِالخي

صاحِ هَل أَبصَرتَ بِالخي

تينِ مِن أَسماءِ نارا

تينِ مِن أَسماءِ نارا

“Friend, have you seen at al-Khaytayn

"O friend, did you catch sight at Al-Khaitan"

Any fire of Asma’s?”

"Of a fire belonging to Asma?"