اِسقِنيها وَاللَيلُ فَرعُ عَروسٍ

اِسقِنيها وَاللَيلُ فَرعُ عَروسٍ

زَيَّنوهُ بُدُرِّهِ وَجُمانِه

زَيَّنوهُ بُدُرِّهِ وَجُمانِه

Give me wine to drink, while night is a bride’s tress;

Give it to me to drink, while night is a bride’s long hair,

they have decked it with its pearls and its beads.

which they have adorned with its pearls and pearl beads.

وَكَأَنَّ الجَوزاءَ حينَ تَهاوَت

وَكَأَنَّ الجَوزاءَ حينَ تَهاوَت

فارِسٌ مالَ عَن سَراةِ حِصانِه

فارِسٌ مالَ عَن سَراةِ حِصانِه

And it is as though Orion, when it sank,

And Orion, as it sank, was like

were a horseman leaning from the back of his steed.

a horseman leaning away from his horse’s back.