وَسَاقٍ بحُبِّ الكَأْسِ أصَبْحَ مُغْرَماً

وَسَاقٍ بحُبِّ الكَأْسِ أصَبْحَ مُغْرَماً

فَلأْلاَؤُهَا أَضْحَى كَضَوْءِ جَبينِه

فَلأْلاَؤُهَا أَضْحَى كَضَوْءِ جَبينِه

And a cupbearer became enamored of the cup;

With passion for the cup, he became enamored,

So its sparkle became like the light of his brow.

So its radiance became like the glow of his forehead.

سَقاني بِهَا صِرْفَ الحُمَيَّا عَشِيَّةً

سَقاني بِهَا صِرْفَ الحُمَيَّا عَشِيَّةً

وَثَنَّى بِأُخْرى مِنْ رَحيقِ جُفُونِهِ

وَثَنَّى بِأُخْرى مِنْ رَحيقِ جُفُونِهِ

He gave me unmixed wine to drink from it one evening,

He gave me to drink the pure wine one evening,

And followed it with another draught of nectar from his eyelids.

And sipped another from the nectar of his eyelids.

هَضيمُ الحَشا ذُو وَجْنَةٍ عَنْدَمِيَّةٍ

هَضيمُ الحَشا ذُو وَجْنَةٍ عَنْدَمِيَّةٍ

يُريكَ احْمِرارَ الوَرْدِ فِي غَيْرِ حِيِنِهِ

يُريكَ احْمِرارَ الوَرْدِ فِي غَيْرِ حِيِنِهِ

Slender-waisted, with a crimson cheek,

The reveler with rosy cheeks and languid eyes

He shows you the rose's redness out of season.

Shows you the redness of roses outside their season.

فَأَشْرَبُ مِن يُمْنَاهُ ما فَوْقَ خَدِّهِ

فَأَشْرَبُ مِن يُمْنَاهُ ما فَوْقَ خَدِّهِ

وأَلْثِمُ مِنْ خَدَّيْهِ مَا في يَمينِهِ

وأَلْثِمُ مِنْ خَدَّيْهِ مَا في يَمينِهِ

So I drink from his right hand what is upon his cheek,

So I drink from his right what is above his cheek,

And kiss from his cheeks what is in his right hand.

And kiss from his left what is in his right hand.