قَصَدَ الدَّهْرُ فيك من بعدِ جَوْرٍ

قَصَدَ الدَّهْرُ فيك من بعدِ جَوْرٍ

وأرى الدَّهرَ فيكَ جَوْراً وقَصْدا

وأرى الدَّهرَ فيكَ جَوْراً وقَصْدا

Fate has dealt justly with you after its tyranny,

In you, time dealt justly after injustice;

yet in you I see Fate’s tyranny and its justice.

And in you I see time's injustice and justice.

فاسقِني كالعروسِ ألبسَها الما

فاسقِني كالعروسِ ألبسَها الما

ءُ وُشاحاً من الحَبابِ وعِقْدا

ءُ وُشاحاً من الحَبابِ وعِقْدا

So give me wine like a bride, whom the wa—

So give me wine like a bride whom water has clothed

—ter has clothed in a sash of bubbles and a necklace.

In a sash of bubbles and a necklace.

قد ظَمِئْنا فكان ريقُكَ وِرْداً

قد ظَمِئْنا فكان ريقُكَ وِرْداً

وثَمِلْنا فكان خدُّكَ وَرْدَا

وثَمِلْنا فكان خدُّكَ وَرْدَا

We had grown thirsty, and your saliva was our draught;

We thirsted, and your saliva became our watering place;

and we grew drunk, and your cheek became a rose.

And we grew drunk, and your cheek became a rose.

جمعَ اللهُ شملَنا فودَدْنا

جمعَ اللهُ شملَنا فودَدْنا

أنَّ بين الصَّباحِ واللَّيلِ سَدَّا

أنَّ بين الصَّباحِ واللَّيلِ سَدَّا

God brought our company together, and we wished

God brought us together, so we wished

there were a wall between the dawn and night.

That there were a barrier between morning and night.