قُمrise ياO نَديميmy drinking companion نَصطَبِحlet us drink morning wine بِسَوادِin darkness
قُم يا نَديمي نَصطَبِح بِسَوادِ
قَدindeed كادَnearly يَبدوappears الصُبحُdawn أَوor هُوَit بادِappearing
قَد كادَ يَبدو الصُبحُ أَو هُوَ بادِ
Rise, my drinking companion; let us drink our morning wine in darkness.
Rise, my boon companion, let us greet the dawn
Dawn is almost breaking—or has already broken.
The morn is nigh, or soon will dawn the morn
وَأَرىand I see الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades فيin السَماءِthe sky كَأَنَّهاas though they were
وَأَرى الثُرَيّا في السَماءِ كَأَنَّها
قَدَمٌa foot تَبَدَّتhas appeared فيin ثِيابِgarments of حِدادِmourning
قَدَمٌ تَبَدَّت في ثِيابِ حِدادِ
And I see the Pleiades in the sky, as though they were
See how the Pleiades in yonder sky
a foot peeping out of mourning robes.
Seem like a foot set free from mourner's shoon
فَأَجابَنيthen answered me بِيَمينِهاwith her right hand فَمَلَأتُهاso I filled it
فَأَجابَني بِيَمينِها فَمَلَأتُها
بِزُجاجَةٍwith a glass flask كَالكَوكَبِlike the star الوَقّادِblazing
بِزُجاجَةٍ كَالكَوكَبِ الوَقّادِ
Then my companion answered me with her right hand, and I filled it
She proffered me her right hand, and I filled it
with a glass flask like a blazing star.
With a flagon like a kindled planet bright
ياO صاحِfriend لاlet not يَخدَعكَdeceive you ساعَةُan hour of غَفلَةٍheedlessness
يا صاحِ لا يَخدَعكَ ساعَةُ غَفلَةٍ
عَنfrom لِذَّةٍpleasure أَوor فِكرَةٍreflection لِمَعادِfor the hereafter
عَن لِذَّةٍ أَو فِكرَةٍ لِمَعادِ
O friend, let no hour of heedlessness cheat you
Oh sage, thine hours of heedlessness beware
of pleasure or reflection on the hereafter.
Lest they deprive thee of the thoughts of fate
وَاِشرَبand drink عَلىamid طيبِthe pleasantness of الزَمانِthe season فَقَدfor already حَداhas driven onward
وَاِشرَب عَلى طيبِ الزَمانِ فَقَد حَدا
بِالصَيفِwith summer مِنfrom أَيلولَSeptember أَسرَعُthe swiftest حادِcamel-driver
بِالصَيفِ مِن أَيلولَ أَسرَعُ حادِ
And drink while the season is pleasant, for already
Drink from the cup of time while sweet the draft
September's swiftest camel-driver has driven summer away.
For fast on summer treads autumnal blight
وَأَشَمَّناand gave us a whiff of فيin اللَيلِthe night بَردَthe coolness of نَسيمِهِits breeze
وَأَشَمَّنا في اللَيلِ بَردَ نَسيمِهِ
وَاِرتاحَتِand found ease الأَرواحُthe spirits فيin الأَجسادِthe bodies
وَاِرتاحَتِ الأَرواحُ في الأَجسادِ
And at night it gave us a whiff of its cool breeze,
The night wind whispers in the dark and cool
and spirits found ease within their bodies.
While souls find ease at last in bodies tight
وافاكَit came to you بِالأَنداءِwith dew قُدّامَahead of الحَياthe rain
وافاكَ بِالأَنداءِ قُدّامَ الحَيا
فَالأَرضُso the earth لِلأَمطارِfor the rains فيin اِستِعدادِreadiness
فَالأَرضُ لِلأَمطارِ في اِستِعدادِ
It came to you with dew ahead of the rain,
The skies will shower favor on the land
so the earth stands ready for the rains.
And earth makes ready for the rains in sight
كَمhow many فيin ضَمائِرِthe hidden depths of تُربِهاits soil مِنof رَوضَةٍa meadow
كَم في ضَمائِرِ تُربِها مِن رَوضَةٍ
بِمَسيلِalong the course of ماءٍwater أَوor قَرارَةِthe hollow of وادِa valley
بِمَسيلِ ماءٍ أَو قَرارَةِ وادِ
How many a meadow lies in its soil's hidden depths,
What gardens lurk in the hearts of its soil
along a watercourse or in a valley's hollow,
Whether with water-runnel or wadi-bed
تَبدوappears إِذاwhen جاءَcomes الزَمانُthe season بِقَطرَةٍwith a raindrop
تَبدو إِذا جاءَ الزَمانُ بِقَطرَةٍ
فَكَأَنَّماso it is as though كاناthe two were عَلىat ميعادِan appointed meeting
فَكَأَنَّما كانا عَلى ميعادِ
appearing when the season brings a drop of rain,
Just one rain drop and, lo! should time allow
as though the two had arranged to meet.
'Tis as though the two had met, as was their plight
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.