1. عاطِني كَأسَ الشَمول

    وَأَعِد ذِكرَ الحلول

    Hand me a cup of wine,

    And speak again of the arrival.

  2. عَلِّلاني وَاِسقياني

    عَلى أَلحانِ القيان

    You two, soothe me and give me to drink,

    To the melodies of the singing girls,

  3. خَمرَةً مِن دارِ ياني

    عَرفُها يَشفي العَليل

    Wine from Yani's house,

    Its fragrance heals the ailing.

  4. وَأديراها مُداما

    ضَوؤُها يَشفي النَدامى

    And you two, pass it round, that aged wine,

    Its glow heals the drinking companions.

  5. عُتِّقَت عاماً فَعاما

    صُنعَ جيلٍ بَعدَ جيل

    It was aged year after year,

    The handiwork of generation after generation.

  6. عَلَّها تَشفي فُؤادي

    مِن هَوى مَن هيَ مُرادي

    Perhaps it will heal my heart

    Of love for her who is my desire,

  7. الَّتي حازَت مَقادي

    رَبَّةِ الوَجهِ الجَميل

    Who has taken hold of my reins,

    The lady of the beautiful face.

  8. مِن بَناتِ الرومِ عَذرا

    أَعرَبَت عَن مُلكِ كِسرى

    A maiden among the daughters of the Romans,

    She proclaimed Kisra's sovereignty.

  9. يَسلُبُ الأَلبابَ قَسرا

    طَرفُها الماضي الصَقيل

    It steals minds by force—

    Her keen, polished gaze.

  10. أَحسَنُ الناسِ مُحَيّا

    أَملَحُ العالَمِ رَيّا

    The fairest of all people in countenance,

    The world's loveliest in fragrance.

  11. حُبّها جارَ عَلَيّا

    دُلَّني كَيفَ السَبيل

    Love for her has been cruel to me;

    Guide me—how shall I find the way?

  12. كَم ثَنَيتُ القَلبَ عَنها

    قالَ لي لا بُدَّ مِنها

    How often I turned my heart away from her,

    It said to me, 'There is no doing without her.'

  13. غِرَّةٌ غَراءُ بَلها

    لَيسَ تَدري ما أَقول

    An innocent, radiant, guileless girl,

    She does not understand what I say.

  14. هَل مُعينٌ أَو عَذيرُ

    أَو مُجيرٌ أَو نَصيرُ

    Is there a helper, or one to excuse me,

    Or a protector, or a champion?

  15. فَأَنا اليَومَ أَسير

    في رِضا الوَجهِ الجَميل

    For today I am a captive

    To the favor of that beautiful face.

  16. رَبَّةَ التاجِ المُعَلّى

    هَل تَجودُ بِالوَصلِ أَم لا

    Lady of the exalted crown,

    Will you grant union, or not?

  17. إِنَّ صَبري قَد تَوَلّى

    وَلَكِ العُمرُ الطَويل

    My patience has indeed departed,

    And may your life be long.

  18. كَم شُفينا وَاِجتَمَعنا

    بِكُمُ حسّا وَمَعنى

    How often we were healed and came together

    With you, in body and in spirit.

  19. عَن سِواكُم ما نَزَعنا

    وَعَلَيكُمُ لا نَحول

    We have not withdrawn from anyone other than you,

    And toward you we remain unchanged.

  20. وَاِصطَبَحنا وَاِغتَبَقنا

    وَاِرتَشَفنا وَاِنتَشَقنا

    And we drank in the morning and in the evening,

    And we sipped and inhaled the fragrance,

  21. وَاِلتأمنا وَاِعتَنضقنا

    وَاِشتَفى مِنّا الغَليل

    And we came together and embraced,

    And our burning thirst was quenched.