Sol 6.1

  1. مِن أَهلِ بَيتٍ طَرِبوا في الوَرى

    واللَّهُ عَنهُم أَذهَبَ الرّجسا

    He is of a household that rejoiced among humankind,

    and God has removed defilement from them.

  2. وَفاقَ بِالنّظمِ عَلى يَعربٍ

    كَما لَقَد فاقَ بِه قسّا

    And he surpassed Ya‘rub in verse,

    just as he indeed surpassed Quss through it.

  3. يا فَخرَ يافاءَ بِمَن فَضلُه

    لا يُنكرُ الدّهرَ ولا يُنسى

    How proud Jaffa is of one whose excellence

    is never denied through time, nor forgotten.

  4. فَتِلكَ مِن وَجنَةِ مَحبوبَتي

    وَتيكَ مِن لَوني غَدَت تُكسى

    So the one takes its hue from my beloved's cheek,

    and the other has come to wear my color.

  5. تُديرُها في الكأسِ مِن فضّةٍ

    لا عَيبَ فيها لا ولا قَلْسا

    She passes it around in a silver cup;

    there is no flaw in it—no, nor any regurgitation.

  6. وَمُذْ عَلاها حبَبٌ لَم يَكُن

    إِلّا الثريّا حَلَّتِ الشّمسا

    And when bubbles rose upon it, it was nothing

    but the Pleiades settling upon the sun.

  7. مُذْ أشبَهَت كاساتُها لَونَها

    صادَفَت في أَمرهِما اللَّبسا

    When her cups resembled her color,

    I encountered confusion concerning the two.

  8. أَلثِمُ مِن كاساتِها مَبسِماً

    فيهِ شِفاهٌ خِلتُها لُعْسا

    From her cups I kiss a smiling mouth,

    with lips I imagined dusky.

  9. يَكتُب مَعناها بِنا نَشأة

    إِذ تَجعَلُ العَقلَ لَه طِرْسا

    Its essence writes a new birth within us,

    as it makes the mind its writing sheet.

  10. قَد بِتُّ أَحسوها بِلَيلٍ وَقَد

    أَدمَنتُ في حاناتِها الغَطسا

    I have spent the night sipping it, and indeed

    grown addicted to plunging into its taverns.

  11. لا أَعرفُ اللّيلَ وَشَمسَ الضّحى

    لَم أَدرِ إِلّا الطّاسَ وَالكَأسا

    I know neither night nor the forenoon sun;

    I knew only the drinking bowl and the cup.

  12. تَحمِلُها الغادَةُ في كَفِّها

    فَتخطِفُ الأرواحَ والنَّفسا

    The graceful maiden carries it in her palm,

    and so steals away spirits and the soul.

  13. لَمّا سَقَتنيها خَلعتُ الحِجى

    وَنِلتُ مِن ردّ الحِجى البَأسا

    When she gave it to me to drink, I cast off reason,

    and gained boldness by rejecting reason.

  14. لا تَحجُبُ الكفُّ ضِياءَ الطُّلى

    أَتحجُبُ البلّورَةُ الشّمسا

    The palm does not veil the wine's radiance:

    does crystal veil the sun?

  15. بَل يَنزل الأَرضَ وَلا مانِعٌ

    مِن كفّها يَمنَعُ لو مَسّا

    Rather, it descends to earth, and no barrier

    from her palm impedes it, even should it make contact.

  16. يا سَعدَ لَيلٍ قد أُديرَت بِهِ

    فيهِ سُعادٌ قَد محَتِ النّحسا

    How fortunate the night in which it was passed around,

    in which Su‘ad erased ill fortune!

  17. فيهِ حَبَتني الوصلَ بَعدَ النَّوى

    وَأَذهَبَت في وَصلِها البَأسا

    In it she granted me union after separation,

    and through union with her drove distress away.

  18. فيهِ اِجتَمَعنا وَالتقى بيننا

    حَيثُ نَرى غيرَ التّقى رِكْسا

    In it we came together, and piety was between us,

    where we regard all but piety as defilement.

  19. فيهِ فَرَشنا وَاِلتَحَفنا الهَنا

    وَقَد لَبِسنا الصفوَ وَالأُنسا

    In it we made happiness our bedding and our covering,

    and clothed ourselves in serenity and companionship.

  20. وَقَد أَخَذنا في حَديثِ الصّفا

    لا نَختَشي مِن عاذِلٍ هَمْسا

    And we began to speak of pure affection,

    fearing no whisper from a reproacher.

  21. وَاللّيلُ ثَوبٌ أَسود خِلته

    قد طفِقَ الكونُ به يُكسى

    Night is a black garment; I imagined

    the universe had begun to be clothed in it.

  22. ومُذْ بدا الصبحُ نجومُ الدّجى

    رَقَت فَخيلَت أَعيننا نَعسا

    And when dawn appeared, the stars of darkness

    rose, and our eyes seemed drowsy.

  23. وَالصّبحُ سَيفٌ سَلَّه شَرقُه

    وَأَرسَلَ الشّمسَ لَهُ تِرسا

    Dawn is a sword unsheathed by its east,

    which sent forth the sun to serve as its shield.

  24. وَمُذْ بَدَت شَمسُ كَمالِ العُلى

    فَالغَربُ أَمسى يَأخُذُ الشّمسا

    And when the sun of perfect eminence appeared,

    the west began to receive the sun at dusk.

  25. مِن خَجِلٍ مِنهُ تَمَنَّت بِأَن

    تَتخذَ الغَربَ لَها رَمْسا

    Out of shame before him, she wished

    to make the west her grave.

  26. ما هوَ إِلّا البدرُ بَدرُ الهُدى

    لا كَسف يَعروهُ وَلا وَكسا

    He is nothing but the full moon, the full moon of guidance,

    untouched by eclipse or diminution.

  27. الكامِل الخَير مَن لَم يَزَل

    يَزدادُ مِن ربِّ الوَرى رَغسا

    Perfect in goodness, one who never ceases

    to gain abundance from the Lord of humankind.

  28. العالمُ النحريرُ مَنْ عِلْماً

    يَقبِسُ مِنهُ ذو الحِجى قَبسا

    The consummate scholar, from whose knowledge

    the man of reason draws a spark.

  29. العارِفُ المُحيي بِعِرفانِهِ

    مَدارِسَ التّحقيقِ وَالدّرسا

    The sage who, through his knowledge, revives

    the schools of rigorous inquiry and study.

  30. ما حَدْسُهُ إِلّا يَقينٌ فَلا

    تَعُدَّ مِنهُ حدسَهُ حَدسا

    His intuition is nothing but certainty, so do not

    take his intuition for mere conjecture.

  31. دوْحَةُ مجدٍ أصلُها ثابتٌ

    وَطابَ في رَوضِ الفَلا غَرسا

    A great tree of glory, whose root stands firm,

    and whose planting thrives in the wilderness meadow.

  32. مَنْ مَجدُهُ فَوقَ المَعالي اِبتُني

    وَاِتّخذَ العِزَّ لَهُ أُسّا

    One whose glory was built above all lofty ranks,

    and who made honor his foundation.

  33. عَلا عَلى عَرشٍ مِنَ المَجدِ لا

    هَدْمٌ يُدانيهِ وَلا نُكسا

    He rose upon a throne of glory that no

    destruction can approach, nor any overthrow.

  34. وَفاقَ بِالنّظمِ عَلى يعربٍ

    كَما لَقَد فاقَ بِهِ قسّا

    And he surpassed Ya‘rub in verse,

    just as he indeed surpassed Quss through it.

  35. مَنْ زُهدُهُ الدُّنيا على فَخرِها

    لَيسَت تُساوي عِندَهُ فِلسا

    One so detached that the world, for all its splendor,

    is not worth a copper coin to him.

  36. لَو يَملكُ الأَرضَ وَما قَد حَوَت

    لَجادَ فيها طيّباً نفسا

    If he possessed the earth and all it contained,

    he would give generously of it with a willing heart.

  37. جَميلُ خلقٍ حسنُ خُلقِه

    أنّى تراه الرّجلَ الشّكسا

    Beautiful in form and good in character—

    how could you find him a quarrelsome man?

  38. مِن أَهلِ بَيتٍ طُهِّروا في الورى

    وَاللَّه عَنهُم أَذهَبَ الرِّجسا

    He is of a household purified among humankind,

    and God has removed defilement from them.

  39. يا فَخرَ يافاءَ بِمَن فَضلُهُ

    لا يُنكَرُ الدهرَ وَلا يُنسى

    How proud Jaffa is of one whose excellence

    is never denied through time, nor forgotten.

  40. لَو لَم أرَ الأقصى لَهُ حُرمَةٌ

    لَقُلت يافا تَفضلُ القُدسا

    Had I not recognized al-Aqsa's sanctity,

    I would have said Jaffa surpasses Jerusalem.

  41. يا أَيّها المَولى وَتاجَ العُلى

    إِلَيكَ بِكراً تُشبِهُ الخَنسا

    O master and crown of eminence,

    I offer you a maiden resembling al-Khansa,

  42. بِنتاً مِنَ الأَعرابِ في حُسنِها

    لَكِنْ حَوَت في طَبعِها يَبسا

    a daughter of the Bedouins in her beauty,

    yet her nature contains dryness.

  43. فَصيحَةً تُعرِبُ عَن قَصدِها

    لَكِنّها الناطِقَةُ الخَرسا

    Eloquent, expressing her intent,

    yet she is a speaker who is mute.

  44. أَقبِلْ عَلَيها فَهيَ مِنكَ اِبتَغَت

    من حُلَلِ الإقبال أن تُكسى

    Welcome her, for she has sought from you

    to be clothed in the robes of favor.

  45. وَاِسلَمْ وَدُمْ في العَيشِ عَيش الهَنا

    ما قد غدا كلُّ غدٍ أَمسا

    Be safe, and live on in a life of happiness,

    as long as every tomorrow becomes yesterday,

  46. وما اِبن فَتحِ اللَّهِ نادى دُجىً

    قُمْ يا نَديمي عاطِني الكَأسا

    and as long as Ibn Fath Allah calls into the darkness:

    Rise, O my boon companion, pass me the cup!