وَكُؤوسٍ إِذا دَجا اللَيلُ دارَت

وَكُؤوسٍ إِذا دَجا اللَيلُ دارَت

تَحتَ سَقفٍ مُرَصَّعٍ بِاللُجَينِ

تَحتَ سَقفٍ مُرَصَّعٍ بِاللُجَينِ

And goblets, when night grew dark, passed around

And cups went round when the night grew dark,

beneath a ceiling inlaid with silver;

Beneath a ceiling studded with silver.

وَكَأَنَّ الهِلالَ مِرآةُ تِبرٍ

وَكَأَنَّ الهِلالَ مِرآةُ تِبرٍ

يَنجَلي كُلَّ لَيلَةٍ إِصبَعَينِ

يَنجَلي كُلَّ لَيلَةٍ إِصبَعَينِ

and the crescent seemed a mirror of pure gold,

And as though the crescent were a mirror of gold,

growing clear by two finger-widths each night.

Revealing itself each night by two fingerbreadths.