اِسقِني إِن سَقَيتَني بِالكَبيرِ

اِسقِني إِن سَقَيتَني بِالكَبيرِ

إِنَّ في السُكرِ لي تَمامُ السُرورُ

إِنَّ في السُكرِ لي تَمامُ السُرورُ

Give me drink, if you give me drink, from the large cup.

Give me to drink, if you give me to drink of the grand,

Pour for me—if you must pour—from the vessel deep and wide,

Indeed, in drunkenness lies the fullness of my joy.

For in intoxication is the fullness of my joy.

For within the swoon of wine my perfect joys reside.

إِنَّ شُربَ الصَغيرِ صُغرٌ وَعَجزٌ

إِنَّ شُربَ الصَغيرِ صُغرٌ وَعَجزٌ

فَاِجعَلِ الدَورَ كُلُّهُ بِالكَبيرِ

فَاِجعَلِ الدَورَ كُلُّهُ بِالكَبيرِ

Indeed, drinking from the small cup is pettiness and weakness.

Drinking the small is smallness and weakness,

To sip from meager cups is but a petty, feeble trait,

So serve the whole round in the large cup.

So make the whole round with the grand.

So let the heavy bowl go round on every side.

قَد تَدانَت لَنا الأُمورُ كَما نَه

قَد تَدانَت لَنا الأُمورُ كَما نَه

وى وَذَلَّت لَنا رِقابُ الدُهورِ

وى وَذَلَّت لَنا رِقابُ الدُهورِ

Things have already drawn near to us, just as we

Things have come down to us as we desired

Our fortunes have drawn near to us, just as we...

desire, and the necks of the ages have bowed to us.

And the necks of Time have bowed down before us.

...desire, and the necks of Time bow low before our pride.