أسفرhas brightened; dawned الصبحdawn فاسقيانيso give me a drink, you two وقدand already كاbeginning of كان: had been
أسفر الصبح فاسقياني وقد كا
نcompletion of كان: had been منfrom; because of الليلthe night وجههits face فيin ينقابa veil (apparently a typo for نقاب)
ن من الليل وجهه في ينقاب
Dawn has broken, so give me a drink, you two, though
The dawn has risen, so water me, for my face was veiled in the night,
its face had been veiled by night.
And see how the flowers today laughed at the meadow from the weeping of clouds.
وانظرand look اليومtoday كيفhow قدalready; indeed ضحكhas laughed; smiled الthe (prefix continued on the next line)
وانظر اليوم كيف قد ضحك ال
زهرflowers; blossoms إلىtoward الروضthe garden منfrom; because of بكاءthe weeping السحابthe clouds
زهر إلى الروض من بكاء السحاب
And look today at the laughter of the
If I wake and the waters of Tigris flow,
flowers toward the garden, from the clouds’ weeping.
Under clouds aiming incorrectly.
إنindeed صحويmy sobriety وماءand the water of دجلةthe Tigris يجريflows
إن صحوي وماء دجلة يجري
تحتbeneath غيمٍa cloud يصوبُpours rain غيرnot صوابright; sound judgment
تحت غيمٍ يصوبُ غير صواب
Indeed, my sobriety, while the water of the Tigris flows
Leave me be, he who blames me for gray hair, and mourns for me the days of youth,
beneath a cloud pouring rain, is not right.
For the whiteness of the falcon is more beautiful,
اتركانيleave me, you two ومنand whoever يعيرُtaunts; reproaches بالشيfor gray hair (beginning of بالشيب)
اتركاني ومن يعيرُ بالشي
بcompletion of الشيب: gray hair وينعيand announces the death of; laments إليto me عهدthe days of; the era of الشبابyouth
ب وينعي إلي عهد الشباب
Leave me with whoever taunts me for gray
If you contemplate it against the blackness of the raven.
hair and announces to me the passing of the days of youth.
فبياضfor the whiteness of البازيthe hawk أصدقtruer; more genuine حسناًin beauty
فبياض البازي أصدق حسناً
إنif تأملتyou reflect منthan سوادthe blackness of الغرابthe raven
إن تأملت من سواد الغراب
For the hawk’s whiteness is more truly beautiful,
if you reflect, than the raven’s blackness.
Partial English translation: 7 of 10 Arabic lines translated.