أتنشط للصبوح أبا علي

أتنشط للصبوح أبا علي

على حكم المنى ورضى الصديقِ

على حكم المنى ورضى الصديقِ

Are you eager for a morning draught, Abu Ali,

O Abu Ali, you rise early for the dawn

Are you spirited for the morning draught, O Abu Ali, governed by desire and a friend's consent?

At desire's command and to a friend's delight?

Judging the wishes and pleasing the friend

By a river upon which the wind weaves a coat of mail, gilding it at sunset and at sunrise,

بنهر للرياح عليه درع

بنهر للرياح عليه درع

تذهب بالغروب وبالشروق

تذهب بالغروب وبالشروق

By a river, with the winds' coat of mail upon it,

A river for the winds, over it a coat of mail

When the sun turns yellow above it, it pours the essence of saffron perfume upon its waves,

Gilded by sunset and sunrise.

That passes with sunset and sunrise

I stood beside it, where many a tender cheek flirted with me atop a slender stem,

إذا اصفرت عليه الشمس صبت

إذا اصفرت عليه الشمس صبت

على أمواجه ماء الخلوق

على أمواجه ماء الخلوق

When the sun turns yellow above it, it pours

When the sun yellows over it, it pours

And embers ignited within the branches, until the water was lost in the blaze of the fire,

Upon its waves the water of saffron perfume.

Over its waves the water of creation

Like dark steeds in an arena of gold dust, for which spheres of carnelian have been fashioned,

وقفت به فكم خد رفيق

وقفت به فكم خد رفيق

يغازلني على قد رشيق

يغازلني على قد رشيق

I stood beside it—how many a companion's cheek

I stood by it, how many a companion

So do you desire the musk-sealed vintage whose scent-pods are broken open, and the sealed nectar?

Flirted with me above a slender figure!

Coquettes with me, slender of waist

وجمر شب في الاغصان حتى

وجمر شب في الاغصان حتى

أضاع الماء في وهج الحريق

أضاع الماء في وهج الحريق

And embers flared among the branches, until

And embers of youth in the branches until

They made the water vanish in the fire's glare.

The water got lost in the blaze of the fire

فدهم الخيل في ميدان تبر

فدهم الخيل في ميدان تبر

يصاغ لها كرات من عقيق

يصاغ لها كرات من عقيق

So black steeds, in a field of gold,

So the horses charged in the field of musk

Have balls of carnelian fashioned for them.

For them beads are strung from carnelian

فهل لك في ختام المسك فضت

فهل لك في ختام المسك فضت

نوافجه ومختوم الرحيق

نوافجه ومختوم الرحيق

Then would you care for a seal of musk, with

So do you have at the end of musk, silver

Its pods broken open, and for pure wine kept sealed?

Its vials and seal of aromatic wine