Sol 6.1

  1. يومٌ ذيولُ مُزنِهِ

    على الثرى مُنسَحِبَهْ

    A day whose rain clouds' skirts

    trail along the earth.

  2. بروقهُ سافرةٌ

    وشمسه منتقبه

    Its lightning is unveiled,

    and its sun is veiled.

  3. والرعدُ في أرجائه

    ذو ألسنٍ مصطخبه

    And thunder throughout its reaches

    has clamorous tongues.

  4. فما تني سماؤه

    ضاحكةً منتحبه

    And so its sky never ceases

    laughing and sobbing.

  5. طلبتُ أقصى أملي

    فيه فنلتُ الطَّلِبَه

    I sought my utmost hope

    that day, and gained what I sought,

  6. بسيِّدين ارتقيا

    منقبةً فمنقبه

    with two lords who had risen

    from one distinction to the next,

  7. واتفقا في كنيةٍ

    والتقيا في مرتبه

    and shared the same byname,

    and were equal in rank.

  8. نشربها عذراءَ قد

    قامتْ بحقّ الشربه

    We drink it, a virgin that has

    done the drinkers justice:

  9. أكرمُ ذخرٍ ذاخرٍ

    من كرمةٍ في عنبه

    a hoarder's choicest treasure,

    from a vine, within a grape.

  10. كأنما الراحات من

    شعاعها مختضبه

    As though the palms, by

    its radiance, were dyed.

  11. متى سكبناها تَقُلْ

    عقيقةٌ منسكبه

    Whenever we pour it, you would say:

    “A carnelian spilling forth.”

  12. في مجلسٍ أطنابه

    على العلا مُطَنّبه

    In a gathering whose tent-ropes

    are stretched on glory's heights,

  13. بين رياضٍ كلّها

    في حُللٍ مُكتَّبه

    amid gardens, all of them

    in embroidered robes:

  14. فروضةٌ مشرقة

    وروضةٌ ملتهبه

    one garden radiant,

    and another aflame.

  15. تذهبُ منها العينُ في

    مثلِ الحليِّ المذهبه

    Among them the eye wanders through

    what looks like gilded jewelry.

  16. أكرم به يوماً مضتْ

    ساعاته المستعذبه

    How splendid a day! There passed

    its delightful hours,

  17. كلحظةٍ مخلوسةٍ

    وقبلةٍ مُسْتَلَبه

    like a stolen glance

    and a snatched kiss.