Sol 6.1

  1. للَه ليلتنا بجلق والدجى

    من نور ربات الخدور نهارُ

    God be praised for our night in Jilliq! The darkness

    was daylight from the radiance of the ladies of the curtained chambers.

  2. وثغورهن كأنهن حدائق

    تفتر بين زهورهن عقار

    And their mouths were like gardens;

    wine smiled amid their blossoms.

  3. امتص منها الراح غير مقصرٍ

    وأقول ساعات السرور قصار

    I sucked the wine from them, without holding back,

    and said: the hours of joy are brief.

  4. ما خلتها واللَه إلّا ليلة ال

    قدر التي تمحى بها الأوزار

    By God, I thought it none other than the Night of

    Decree, in which sins are erased.

  5. فيها تمايل قدُّ مَيَّ وضمني

    لنهودها فلقٌ عليه سوار

    That night Mayy's figure swayed, and I was clasped

    to her breasts by a dawn-bright arm wearing a bracelet.

  6. وبها حظيت براح ريق باردٍ

    لولاه ما بردت لقلبي نار

    And with her I gained the wine of cool saliva;

    without it, my heart's fire would never have cooled.

  7. باتت تعاطيني الكؤوس روية

    وعلى الكؤوس من الرضاب نثار

    She spent the night offering me cups, unhurriedly,

    and on the cups lay scattered drops of sweet saliva.

  8. حتى إذا اكتحلت بأميال الكرى

    وجرى الذي حكمت به الأقدار

    Until, when she had lined her eyes with sleep's kohl-sticks,

    and what the fates decreed had come to pass,

  9. نبّهت منها للصبوح وما دنا

    وقت الصباح رشاً عليه وقار

    I roused her for the morning draught—though not yet near

    was morning's hour—a young gazelle with an air of dignity.

  10. فتبسمت عجباً وقالت ويلتي

    أين النهار فقلت أنت نهار

    Then she smiled in wonder and said, “Woe is me!

    Where is daylight?” I said, “You are daylight.”