مولايmy lord ياO ابنson السابقينthose who went before إلىto العلاgreatness
مولاي يا ابن السابقين إلى العلا
وأجلand most exalted منthose whom يخشىfears الزمانTime ويرتجيand looks to with hope
وأجل من يخشى الزمان ويرتجي
My lord, O son of those who led the way to greatness,
My Lord, O son of the foremost ones in nobility
and most exalted of those whom Time fears and looks to with hope,
And the most noble of those who fear time or hope for favor
دعstop مزجكyour mixing الصهباءthe tawny wine انيindeed I لاnot أرىI see
دع مزجك الصهباء اني لا أرى
للبكرfor the virgin صوناًprotection بعدafter انthat تتزوجاshe marries
للبكر صوناً بعد ان تتزوجا
Stop mixing the tawny wine, for I see no
Leave your fair mixing, I do not see
keeping a virgin untouched once she is wed.
Chastity for the virgin after she is wed
وانعمand bestow favor عليupon me بهاwith it كعرضكlike your honor حرةpure; unmixed
وانعم علي بها كعرضك حرة
وثناكand your praise رائحةa fragrance وجودكand your generosity منهجاa clear path
وثناك رائحة وجودك منهجا
Favor me with it, pure as your honor,
And bestow her upon me free as your generosity
your praise its fragrance, your generosity its path.
And your leaning a path for your existence
فلربfor many a ليلnight بتI spent the night أشربI drink صرفهاit unmixed
فلرب ليل بت أشرب صرفها
معwith شادنa young gazelle الميdusky المباسمthe smiling lips أبلجاbright-faced
مع شادن المي المباسم أبلجا
For many a night I have spent drinking it unmixed,
So perhaps a night whose bitterness I drink undiluted
with a young gazelle, dusky-lipped and radiant.
With lips smiling from the purest draft
وكأنهاand it was as though فيin فيهhis mouth لماwhen أغربتit set
وكأنها في فيه لما أغربت
شمسthe sun النهارthe day تغيبsets فيin بدرthe full moon الدجاnight's darkness
شمس النهار تغيب في بدر الدجا
And as it set within his mouth, it was like
As if when she was absent from me
the sun of day setting in the full moon of night.
The sun of day set in the full moon of night