Sol 6.1

  1. نَدامايَ هَيّا بي إِلى الرَوضة الغَنّا

    فَيا حَبَّذا سَجع الحَمام إِذا غَنّى

    My drinking companions, come with me to the lush garden.

    Oh, how lovely the doves' cooing when they sing!

  2. فَقَد راقَ أُنسي وَالصَفا وَقتهُ صَفا

    فَللّه عَيشي ما أَلذّ وما أَهنى

    For my delight is sweet, and serenity's hour is serene.

    God be praised for my life—how sweet, how blissful!

  3. كَأَنّ الرُبى خودٌ وَقَد جادَها الحَيا

    فَزادَ بِها تَوريد وَجنتها حُسنا

    The hills seem a tender maiden, generously watered by rain,

    and the rose-flush of her cheek has increased her beauty.

  4. إِذا صافَحت أَيدي النَسيم أَكفّها

    تَرنّحُ مِن أَعطافِ باناتِها غُصنا

    When the breeze's hands clasp her palms,

    she sways as a bough among her ban-trees' supple curves.

  5. يَجُرُّ الصبا أذيالهُ بَينَ وَردِها

    فَتَرفَع مِنهُ فَوقَ هامَتها رُدنا

    The east wind trails its skirts among her roses,

    so she lifts a sleeve of it above her head.

  6. وَصَهباءَ في المِعصار مِن عَصر آدمٍ

    كَأَنَّ فُؤاد البَدر كانَ لَها دنّا

    And golden-red wine, in the winepress since Adam's time,

    as though the full moon's heart had been its cask.

  7. إِذا جُليت عِندَ المِصباح صبوحها

    تَولّى مَقام الشَمس مَطلَعها الأَسنى

    When its morning draught is unveiled beside the lamp,

    its most radiant rising takes the sun's place.

  8. يَطوف بِها ظَبي تَكاد إِذا رَنا

    تعربدُ مِن سُكرٍ بِمُقلتهِ الوَسنا

    A gazelle bears it round; when he gazes, it almost

    runs riot, intoxicated by his drowsy eye.

  9. أَلا يا ندامى الحان حَيّ عَلى الطلا

    فَمنشدة الأَلحان غانية حَسنا

    Come, tavern companions, hasten to the wine!

    For the singer of melodies is a fair maiden.

  10. مَتى أَسفَرَت تَحتَ الغَدائر في الضُحى

    أَرَتك ضِياء الشَمس في اللَيلة الدكنا

    Whenever she unveils beneath her braids in the forenoon,

    she shows you sunlight in the dark night.

  11. وَإِن جست الأَوتار تصلح شَأنها

    سَمعت لَها صَوت العَليل إِذا أَنّا

    And if she touches the strings to tune them,

    you hear their voice, like an ailing man's when he moans.

  12. فَتعرب عَمّا في الضَمير وَإِنَّما

    يَكاد لَها قَلبي عَلى الكَسر أَن يُبنى

    Thus they express what lies within the heart, and indeed

    my heart, for her, is almost built upon brokenness.

  13. أَلا خَلّياني يا خَليليَّ وَالجَفا

    فَيا رُبَّ واشٍ ساءَ ما بَيننا ظَنّا

    Ah, my two friends, leave me alone with estrangement,

    for many a slanderer has thought ill of the bond between us.

  14. وَما أَنا مِمَّن خانَ عَهد أُولي الوَفا

    عَلى أَنَّني أَودَعت قَلبي لَها رَهنا

    I am not one who betrays the pledge of the faithful,

    though I have lodged my heart with her as a pledge.

  15. فَلا تعتباني في مصابيَ بِالهَوى

    فَما بِعت روحي فيهِ مُحتَملاً غبنا

    So do not reproach me, you two, for my affliction with love,

    for I have not sold my soul in it at a loss.

  16. فَمَن لَم يجُد بالنفسِ في طلبِ المُنى

    فأنّى له طلبُ النفيس وقد ظنّا

    Whoever will not give his life in pursuit of his desires,

    how can he seek the precious when he has held back?

  17. ومن لَم يَجُد مَدح الأَماجد وَالثَنا

    فَإِنّا لَدَينا لا نُقيم لَهُ وَزنا

    Whoever does not excel in praising and extolling the noble,

    we, for our part, accord him no weight.

  18. فَهاكَ أَمين اللَه في أَمر خَلقِهِ

    وَمُخلصها نُصحاً وَمُصلِحها شَأنا

    Take then, O God's trustee over His creatures' affairs,

    and their sincere counselor, who sets their affairs right,

  19. خَريدة فكر لَم تَرم مِنكَ مَهرها

    عَلى الأَمَل الأَقصى سِوى المَنزل الأَدنى

    a maiden of thought that seeks no dowry from you,

    despite her utmost hopes, save the nearest dwelling.

  20. أَرى كُلّ مَجدٍ أَنتَ ذروة مَجدِهِ

    عَلى أَنَّهُ لَفظ وَكُنت لَهُ مَعنى

    I see you as the summit of every glory,

    while it is a mere word, and you are its meaning.

  21. أَمير بَني رَسلان مَن سادَ قَومها

    وَشادَ لَها مِن شامِخات العُلى رُكنا

    Emir of Banu Raslan, who became his people's lord,

    and raised for them a pillar of towering glory.

  22. فَتىً في رضاء اللَه أَنفق مالَهُ

    فَآثر ما يَبقى عَلى كُلّ ما يَفنى

    A young man who spent his wealth to win God's pleasure,

    preferring what endures to everything that perishes.

  23. تَطوف المَعالي حَول كَعبة مَجدِهِ

    كَأَنَّ لَها في بابِهِ حَرَماً أَمنا

    High honors circle the Kaaba of his glory,

    as though at his gate they had a safe sanctuary.

  24. همام تَرى الحسّاد تَذكر فَضلهُ

    بِأَفئِدَةٍ مِن كَيدِها مُلِئَت ضِغنا

    A high-souled man: you see the envious recount his merit,

    with hearts their own malice has filled with rancor.

  25. لَهُ همّة تَسمو السماك فَلو أَتى

    بِها الفلك الدوّار أَوهنه متنا

    His ambition soars above al-Simak; were he to bring

    it to the turning sphere, he would weaken its back.

  26. وَلَيل كَقَلب السامريِّ سَرى بِهِ

    يَجوب الفَيافي وَهوَ مُعتَقل لدنا

    And through a night like al-Samiri's heart he journeyed,

    traversing the wastes with a supple lance in his grip,

  27. بِأَدهمَ ذي سَبقٍ أَغرَّ محجّلٍ

    لَعوبٍ لَدى الهَيجاء مُضطَرب أُذنا

    on a black, race-winning steed, white-blazed and white-socked,

    playful amid battle, its ears twitching,

  28. سَبوح رَقيق الخَدّ أَوجنَ صافنٍ

    إِذا جنَّ لَيل النَقع مِن رَكضِهِ جُنّا

    a gliding runner, fine-cheeked, high-cheekboned, one forehoof poised.

    When the dust's night closes in from his gallop, he runs wild.

  29. فَيَعدو وَميض البَرق سَبقاً وَإِنَّما

    يَمرُّ مُرور الطَيف في المُقلةِ الوَسنا

    He outruns lightning's flash in the race; he does no more than

    pass like a phantom through a drowsy eye.

  30. فَكَم رفعة قَد نالَها غَير جاهِدٍ

    فَأَكسَبَها عزّاً وَكانَ لَها حِصنا

    How many a high station he has gained without striving,

    endowing it with glory and serving as its fortress!

  31. فَيا صاح يَمّم رحب ساحة فَضلِهِ

    تَرَ اليُسر في يُسراه وَاليمن في اليمنى

    So, friend, make for the spacious courtyard of his bounty:

    you will see ease in his left hand and good fortune in his right.

  32. وحيِّ حِماه بِالتَهاني مُهنِّئاً

    بِعيدٍ لَهُ مِنهُ بِهِ العائد الأَهنا

    And greet his domain with congratulations, offering good wishes

    on a feast whose happiest return is his, from him and through him,

  33. مَدى الدَهر ما غَنّى الحَمام مُغَرِّداً

    ندامايَ هَيّا بي إِلى الرَوضة الغَنّا

    for all time, so long as the doves sing melodiously:

    My drinking companions, come with me to the lush garden.