Sol 6.1

  1. كأس الهنا بسلاف الأنس قد طفحتْ

    فاشرب وعربد وخلّ النفس إن شطحتْ

    The cup of bliss has overflowed with the purest wine of intimacy.

    So drink, carouse, and let the soul be if it runs wild.

  2. واخلع عذارك وارتع في رياض صفا

    واطرب وطب عاذراً بالروح إن مرحت

    And cast off your bridle, and roam in gardens of serenity,

    And rejoice and be content, excusing the spirit if it frolics.

  3. حيث الصَّبا بغصون البان قد لعبت

    والماء يرقص صفواً والمها مرحت

    Where the east wind has played with the moringa boughs,

    And the limpid water dances, and the oryx frolic.

  4. فاقطف بطرفك زهر الروض حيث زهت

    وروده وبه الغزالان قد سرحت

    So pluck with your gaze the garden's flowers, where bloom

    Its roses, and where the two gazelles have roamed.

  5. كم للصَّبا فيه فضلٌ كلّما نفحت

    ترى العواطر متن الحسّ قد شرحت

    How great the east wind's bounty there! Whenever it breathes,

    You see how the fragrances have expounded the text of the senses.

  6. والماء أضحى إلى شمس الضحى فلكاً

    تجري كخودٍ بماء الحسن قد سبحت

    And the water has become a celestial sphere for the morning sun,

    She courses like a maiden who has swum in beauty's waters.

  7. يا حبّذا نعمٌ تُجلى به حكمٌ

    من العطاء لأحيا مهجتي نفحت

    Ah, how lovely the blessings! Wisdom is unveiled therein;

    From bounty they have refreshed my soul, so that I might live.

  8. حيث الهزاز خطيب الفنّ في فننٍ

    والوُرقُ في منبر الأغصان قد صدحت

    Where the songbird is art's preacher upon a bough,

    And the gray doves have sung upon the branches' pulpit.

  9. في ركب عشّاق نجدٍ بالصَّبا طربت

    كأنّها للعليّ المرتضى مدحت

    In the caravan of Najd's lovers, they thrilled to the east wind,

    As though they had praised the exalted al-Murtaḍā.

  10. أمست حماةُ حِماهُ تزدهي فرحاً

    كغادةٍ بمعالي بعلها فرحت

    Hama has become his sanctuary, resplendent with joy,

    Like a graceful woman rejoicing in her husband's noble attainments.

  11. في وصفه اختلفت ألفاظنا وصفت

    لكن على مدحه السامي الذرى اصطلحت

    In describing him, our words have differed and grown clear,

    Yet they have agreed upon his praise, whose summits soar.

  12. نجلُ الّذي عمّت الدنيا مواهبه

    بقطرةٍ من غوادي جوده رشحت

    Son of him whose gifts have encompassed the world,

    With a single drop distilled from the morning showers of his bounty.

  13. كساه أنظار سرٍّ زانه مددٌ

    وكم له عينه بالرشد قد لمحت

    He clothed him in glances of mystery; sustaining grace adorned him,

    And how often his eye has cast a guiding glance upon him!

  14. فرَقَّ لطفاً ولو أنّ الصَّبا علمت

    بطبعه قصرت باللطف وافتضحت

    So gentle did he grow; had the east wind known

    His nature, it would have fallen short in gentleness and stood ashamed.

  15. يا سيّداً كلّما ضاق الخناق بنا

    جئنا حماه وأبواب المنا فتحت

    O master, whenever the noose tightens around us,

    We come to his sanctuary, and the gates of hope are opened.

  16. جعلت مدحك مذ يممت سوحك لي

    تجارةً وأراها بالهنا ربحت

    Since I sought your courts, I have made praising you my

    Trade, and I see it has yielded bliss as profit.

  17. فاقبل وليدة أفكارٍ لقد وقفت

    في باب جدواك حيث الغير قد طرحت

    So accept this daughter of thought; she has taken her stand

    At the door of your bounty, where she has cast all else aside.

  18. وذيلَ حلمك أسبل بالرضا كرماً

    واعذر قريحة صبٍّ بالنوى قرحت

    And generously let fall the hem of your forbearance in acceptance,

    And forgive a lover's inspiration, wounded by separation.