يا صاح ليس على المحب جناحُ

يا صاح ليس على المحب جناحُ

إن لاح من أفُقِ الوصال صباحُ

إن لاح من أفُقِ الوصال صباحُ

O friend, no blame attaches to the lover

O friend, no blame rests upon the lover

if a dawn of union gleams upon the horizon.

If dawn appears from the horizon of union.

لا ذنبَ للعُشّاقِ إن عنب الهوى

لا ذنبَ للعُشّاقِ إن عنب الهوى

كتمانهُ فضَح الغرامُ فاحوا

كتمانهُ فضَح الغرامُ فاحوا

Lovers bear no guilt if passion’s grape—

Lovers bear no blame if the grapes of passion [text unclear].

though hidden—betrays their ardor, and they breathe its fragrance.

Passion exposed its concealment; they gave forth fragrance.

سمحوا بأنفُسِهم ما بخلوا بها

سمحوا بأنفُسِهم ما بخلوا بها

لمّا درَوا أنَّ السماحَ رباحُ

لمّا درَوا أنَّ السماحَ رباحُ

They freely gave their very souls and did not withhold them,

They gave their very selves freely, never withholding them,

once they knew that generosity is gain.

When they knew that generosity is gain.

لم يطربوا إلّا بذكرِ حبيبهم

لم يطربوا إلّا بذكرِ حبيبهم

ولهم بطولِ زمانهِم أفراحُ

ولهم بطولِ زمانهِم أفراحُ

Nothing enraptured them but the mention of their beloved,

They rejoiced only in remembering their beloved,

and throughout their long ages, joy is theirs.

And joys were theirs throughout their lives.

فدَعاهمُ داعي المحبَّةِ دعوة

فدَعاهمُ داعي المحبَّةِ دعوة

فغدوا بها مستبشرينَ وراحوا

فغدوا بها مستبشرينَ وراحوا

Then the herald of love called them with a summons,

Then the herald of love summoned them with a call,

and through it they went forth rejoicing, morning and evening.

So they went forth rejoicing in it, morning and evening.

قم يا يديمي إلى المدامةِ واسقنا

قم يا يديمي إلى المدامةِ واسقنا

خمراً تنيرُ بشُربِها الأرواحُ

خمراً تنيرُ بشُربِها الأرواحُ

Rise, my boon companion, go to the wine and pour for us

Rise, my boon companion [reading uncertain], turn to the wine and pour us

a wine whose drinking illumines the spirits.

Wine through whose drinking souls shine.

أو ما ترى الساقي القديم يديرُها

أو ما ترى الساقي القديم يديرُها

فكأنّها في كأسها المصباح

فكأنّها في كأسها المصباح

Do you not see the Eternal Cupbearer passing it around,

Or do you not see the ancient cupbearer passing it around?

as though within its cup it were a lamp?

So it is like a lamp within its cup.

هي أسكَرَت في الخلد آدم مرةً

هي أسكَرَت في الخلد آدم مرةً

فكستهُ منها حلَّةٌ ووِشاحُ

فكستهُ منها حلَّةٌ ووِشاحُ

It was this that once intoxicated Adam in Paradise,

It once intoxicated Adam in Paradise,

then clothed him in a robe and sash of its own.

Then a robe and a sash from it clothed him.

وكذاك نوحٌ في السفينة أسكرَت

وكذاك نوحٌ في السفينة أسكرَت

ولهُ بذلك تأتانٌ ونواحُ

ولهُ بذلك تأتانٌ ونواحُ

Noah likewise—it intoxicated him aboard the ark,

And likewise, it intoxicated Noah aboard the ship,

and thereby he had moaning and lamentation.

And through that he had [unclear word] and lamentation.

وبِشُربها أضحى الخليلُ منادِما

وبِشُربها أضحى الخليلُ منادِما

فعهودُها عند الإله صحاحُ

فعهودُها عند الإله صحاحُ

By drinking it, Abraham the Friend became its table-companion,

And by drinking it, the Friend became a boon companion;

for its covenants before God are sound.

So its covenants are sound in God's sight.

لما دنى موسى إلى تسماعِها

لما دنى موسى إلى تسماعِها

ألقى عصاهُ وكُسِرَت ألواحُ

ألقى عصاهُ وكُسِرَت ألواحُ

When Moses drew near to listen to it,

When Moses drew near to hear it,

he cast down his staff, and the Tablets were broken.

He cast down his staff, and tablets were broken.

وكذا ابن مريمَ في هواها هائمٌ

وكذا ابن مريمَ في هواها هائمٌ

متوَلّعٌ بشرابِها سيّاحُ

متوَلّعٌ بشرابِها سيّاحُ

And so too the son of Mary wanders distraught in love with it,

And likewise, the son of Mary is lost in love for it,

passionately devoted to its wine, roaming the earth.

Enamored of its drink, ever a wanderer.

ومحمد فخرُ العلى شرف الهدى

ومحمد فخرُ العلى شرف الهدى

اختارهُ لشرابِها الفتّاحُ

اختارهُ لشرابِها الفتّاحُ

And Muhammad, pride of the heights and glory of guidance—

And Muhammad, the glory of the heights, the honor of guidance—

the Opener chose him to drink its wine.

The Opener chose him to drink it.