بادِرِ الكَأسَ نَهارا

بادِرِ الكَأسَ نَهارا

وَاِشرَبِ الراحَ العُقارا

وَاِشرَبِ الراحَ العُقارا

Hasten to the cup by day,

Serve the cup in daylight

Hasten to the goblet while it is day,

and drink the potent wine.

And drink the aromatic wine

And drink the potent vintage, old and rare;

وَاِسقِنيها مِثلَما تَش

وَاِسقِنيها مِثلَما تَش

رَبُها كَيلاً عِيارا

رَبُها كَيلاً عِيارا

And pour it for me just as you drink

Pour it for me as freely as it pours

And pour for me exactly as you drink,

it, measure for measure:

In measures of precise gauge

A measured cup, an equal, honest share.

خَندَريساً تَنفَحُ المِس

خَندَريساً تَنفَحُ المِس

كَ وَتَحكي الجُلَّنارا

كَ وَتَحكي الجُلَّنارا

aged wine that breathes out musk

Jasmine-scented, exhaling musk

An ancient wine diffusing scent of musk,

and resembles pomegranate blossom.

And telling of the wine-steward

That mimics pomegranate blooms in red;

فَإِذا أَكثَرتَ فيها ال

فَإِذا أَكثَرتَ فيها ال

ماءَ زادَتكَ خُمارا

ماءَ زادَتكَ خُمارا

Then, if you add to it more

If you add more water to it

For if you drown it heavily with water,

water, it worsens your hangover.

It will only increase your tipsiness

It only brings a sickness to the head.

فَاِمضِ في اللَذّاتِ قُدماً

فَاِمضِ في اللَذّاتِ قُدماً

وَاِخلَعَن فيها العِذارا

وَاِخلَعَن فيها العِذارا

So press onward in pleasures,

Go ahead into pleasures, forward

So plunge right on into the path of joy,

and in them cast off the bridle.

And cast off all inhibitions

And cast away the bridle of restraint;

وَاِجعَلِ البُستانَ بَيتاً

وَاِجعَلِ البُستانَ بَيتاً

وَاِجعَلِ القَريَةَ دارا

وَاِجعَلِ القَريَةَ دارا

And make the garden your house,

Make the garden your house

And make the garden orchard your abode,

and make the village your home.

And make the village your home

And make the village your true dwelling place.

وَأَطِر فيها حَماماً

وَأَطِر فيها حَماماً

وَاِرتَبِط فيها المَهارى

وَاِرتَبِط فيها المَهارى

And set pigeons flying there,

Set up a bathhouse in it

And fly the cooing pigeons in its midst,

and tether Mahri camels there.

And get connected with the professionals

And tether there the foals of noble race.

وَإِذا كانَ قِطافٌ

وَإِذا كانَ قِطافٌ

وَتَوَقَّعتَ العُصارا

وَتَوَقَّعتَ العُصارا

And when the harvest comes,

And when it's time for harvest

And when the harvest season comes around,

and you await the pressed juice,

And you expect juice extraction

And you anticipate the pressed-out juice,

فَاِطبُخِ الراحَ بِشَمسٍ

فَاِطبُخِ الراحَ بِشَمسٍ

فَكَفى بِالشَمسِ نارا

فَكَفى بِالشَمسِ نارا

then cook the wine in sunlight:

Cook the wine with the sun

Then cook the wine beneath the open sky—

for the sun is fire enough.

For the sun is fire enough

The sun is fire enough for such a use.