عَتَبَت عَلَيكَ مَحاسِنُ الخَمرِ

عَتَبَت عَلَيكَ مَحاسِنُ الخَمرِ

أَم غَيَّرَتكَ نَوائِبُ الدَهرِ

أَم غَيَّرَتكَ نَوائِبُ الدَهرِ

Wine's charms have reproached you.

The charms of wine reproached you,

The charms of wine have leveled blame at you,

Or have time's misfortunes changed you,

Or did the calamities of fate change you?

Or have the dark calamities of time estranged you?

فَصَرَفتَ وَجهَكَ عَن مُعَتَّقَةٍ

فَصَرَفتَ وَجهَكَ عَن مُعَتَّقَةٍ

تَفتَرُّ عَن دُرٍّ وَعَن شَذَرِ

تَفتَرُّ عَن دُرٍّ وَعَن شَذَرِ

so you turned your face from aged wine

So you turned your face away from a beloved

That you have turned your face from vintage draughts,

that smiles to reveal pearls and fragments of gold?

Who shines like a pearl and radiates light.

Which smile, revealing pearls and beads of gold,

يَسعى بِها ذو غُنَّةٍ غَنِجٌ

يَسعى بِها ذو غُنَّةٍ غَنِجٌ

مُتَكَحِّلُ اللَحَظاتِ بِالسِحرِ

مُتَكَحِّلُ اللَحَظاتِ بِالسِحرِ

A coy man with a nasal lilt hastens with it,

A wealthy man of joy pursues her,

Served by a playful youth of lilting voice,

his glances kohled with magic.

With kohl-lined eyes full of magic,

Whose glances are adorned with magic's kohl,

وَنَسيتَ قَولَكَ حينَ تَمزِجُها

وَنَسيتَ قَولَكَ حينَ تَمزِجُها

فَتُريكَ مِثلَ كَواكِبِ النِسرِ

فَتُريكَ مِثلَ كَواكِبِ النِسرِ

And you have forgotten what you said when you mixed it,

And you forgot your words when you would mix it

And you forgot your words when mixing it,

and it showed you the likeness of the Eagle's stars:

And it would show you like the stars of the swooping eagle.

As it displayed the sparkling Eagle's stars?

لا تَحسَبَنَّ عُقارَ خابِيَةٍ

لا تَحسَبَنَّ عُقارَ خابِيَةٍ

وَالهَمَّ يَجتَمِعانِ في صَدرِ

وَالهَمَّ يَجتَمِعانِ في صَدرِ

“Never think that wine from a jar

Don't think that the potion of a vanishing beauty

Do not believe the spirit of the cask

and sorrow can meet within one breast.”

And care can gather in one chest.

And sorrow can unite within one breast.