ومُستَطيلٍ عَلى الصَّهباءِ باكرَها

ومُستَطيلٍ عَلى الصَّهباءِ باكرَها

مع فِتيَةٍ باصطِباحِ الرَّاحِ حذَّاقِ

مع فِتيَةٍ باصطِباحِ الرَّاحِ حذَّاقِ

And one made overbold by the tawny wine, who drank it at dawn

And one who boasted mastery over tawny wine drank it early,

A rectangle on the gray morning

with young men well versed in morning draughts of wine—

With young men adept at drinking wine in the morning.

With youths skilled at welcoming the wind's relief

فَكلُّ شَيءٍ رآهُ ظنَّه قَدَحاً

فَكلُّ شَيءٍ رآهُ ظنَّه قَدَحاً

وكُلُّ شَخصٍ رآهُ ظنَّه الساقي

وكُلُّ شَخصٍ رآهُ ظنَّه الساقي

everything he saw, he took to be a goblet,

So everything he saw, he took for a goblet,

Everything he saw he thought a chalice

and everyone he saw, he took to be the cupbearer.

And every person he saw, he took for the cupbearer.

And everyone he saw he thought the cupbearer