1. O my sweet drink in the late night hours when
The drinking passed from cup to cup.
١. يَا طِيبَ شُرْبي بِأَوْقَاتِ الأَصِيلِ وَقَدْ
تَداولَ الشَّرْبُ أَقْداحاً فَأَقْداحَا
2. I drank them as if the west reproached me
And stayed up drinking a sun resembling the winds.
٢. شَرِبْتُها وَكَأَنَّ الغَرْبَ نَادَمني
فَبَات يَشْرَبُ شَمْساً تُشْبِهُ الرَّاحا
3. Then we greeted the morning, and there poured from its lightnings,
While the sun rose in the east, so I rested and took comfort.
٣. ثُمَّ اصْطبْحنا فَدَرّتْ مِن أَبَارِقِها
والشَّمْسُ مِن شَرْقِها فارْتَحْتُ وارْتَاحَا