إنindeed الصَّبوحmorning wine هوit السرورُjoy بأَسِهِin its entirety (uncertain reading)
إن الصَّبوح هو السرورُ بأَسِهِ
وهْوَand it اللذاذةُpleasure والنعِيمُand bliss الكامِلُperfect
وهْوَ اللذاذةُ والنعِيمُ الكامِلُ
Morning wine is joy in its entirety,
The dawn is sheer joy in its essence
And it is pleasure and perfect bliss.
It is ultimate bliss and perfect felicity
لاno شيءَthing اَحْسَنُlovelier حينَwhen يَنْحَسِرُrecedes الدُّجَىthe darkness
لا شيءَ اَحْسَنُ حينَ يَنْحَسِرُ الدُّجَى
ويلوحُand appears لأْلاءُthe radiance النّهارِof day الشّاملُall-pervading
ويلوحُ لأْلاءُ النّهارِ الشّاملُ
Nothing is lovelier, when the darkness recedes
Nothing is more beautiful when the gloom recedes
And day’s all-pervading radiance appears,
And the radiance of daylight emerges all-encompassing
مِنْthan أَنto تُباكِرَtake early in the morning بالنَّدَامىwith drinking companions قهوةًwine
مِنْ أَن تُباكِرَ بالنَّدَامى قهوةً
صفراءَgolden مِمّاfrom what عَتَّقَتْهاhas aged it بابِلُBabylon
صفراءَ مِمّا عَتَّقَتْها بابِلُ
Than to greet the morning with drinking companions over wine,
Than to start your morning early with a coffee
Golden, from what Babylon has aged.
Golden brown from the bounty of Babylon
خيرُthe best of النهارِthe day شبابُهits youth فارتعso revel علىin الthe
خيرُ النهارِ شبابُه فارتع على ال
لذّاتِpleasures فيهin it إنَّهنّfor they رواحِلُdeparting
لذّاتِ فيه إنَّهنّ رواحِلُ
The day’s best part is its youth; so revel in the
The prime of the day is its youth so graze
pleasures it holds, for they are departing.
On its pleasures for they soon flee
سِيماءespecially (uncertain reading) ساقٍa cupbearer قدalready أتىhas come مُتَقَرْطِقاًwearing a short tunic
سِيماء ساقٍ قد أتى مُتَقَرْطِقاً
والجوُّand the air صافٍclear والخطوبُand misfortunes غوافلُheedless
والجوُّ صافٍ والخطوبُ غوافلُ
Especially with a cupbearer who has come wearing a short tunic,
Especially a bare leg that saunters lissomely
While the air is clear and misfortunes are heedless,
While the weather is clear and cares dormant
والروضُand the garden قدalready هَزّhas stirred النسيمَthe breeze رياحُهits winds
والروضُ قد هَزّ النسيمَ رياحُه
ومجونُناand our revelry قدalready غابis absent عنهfrom it العاذلُthe reproacher
ومجونُنا قد غاب عنه العاذلُ
And the garden’s winds have stirred the breeze,
And the meadow’s breeze shakes the flowers
And the reproacher is absent from our revelry.
While from our fun the moralizer absconds