Sol 6.1

  1. هجرتُ شُرْب الراح في فتيه

    ما منهمُ من يهجر الخمرا

    I forsook drinking wine among young men,

    not one of whom forsakes wine.

  2. فقال منهم قائل هُجْرُها

    في هَجْرِها لا يَبْسطُ العُذْرا

    Then one of them said: reviling it

    while forsaking it provides no excuse.

  3. وخمرنا بعدُ فما استكملت

    في دَنّها معصورةً شهرا

    And our wine has not yet completed

    a month in its jar since being pressed.

  4. وليس عُمْرُ الخَمْر ما لم يَحُلْ

    حَوْلٌ عليها عندنا عُمْرا

    And wine's age, unless

    a year has passed over it, counts as no age to us.

  5. وقد أتى النوْرُوزُ مستجهِلاً

    مَن لم يَجِدْه ميّتاً سُكْرا

    And Nowruz has indeed arrived, deeming foolish

    anyone it has not found dead drunk.

  6. ولستُ في استهدائها مخطئاً

    كَلاَّ ولا مرتكبا نُكْرا

    And I am not wrong to ask for it as a gift—

    certainly not, nor am I doing anything blameworthy.

  7. فعُذْتُ من قصدِ فريدِ العُلا

    بَمعقِلٍ لا زال لي ذُخرا

    So, by seeking the peerless in glory, I sought refuge

    in a stronghold—may it always remain my treasure—

  8. مولىً حَباني بعضَ إنعامه

    عندي وحسبي قَصْدُه فخرا

    a patron who bestowed some of his bounty on me.

    And in my eyes, seeking him is glory enough for me.

  9. فجاء حسنُ الظنّ من قبل ما

    أمَّلته يؤذِن بالبشرى

    So confident hope came ahead of what

    I had hoped for, heralding glad tidings.

  10. وسار نظمُ الشِّعْر في إثْرِه

    مقدِّماً قبل الندَى شكرا

    And the verse followed in its wake,

    offering thanks before the bounty.

  11. يا حَبذا شكري وظنّي بمن

    أرجو لردّ العسر لي يسرا

    How fine are my thanks and my trust in one

    from whom I hope for ease to ward off hardship for me.