عِنْديَ ضَيْفٌ لم يَزَلْ مُضيفا

عِنْديَ ضَيْفٌ لم يَزَلْ مُضيفا

مُقَدَّماً في مَجدِهِ شَريفا

مُقَدَّماً في مَجدِهِ شَريفا

I have a guest who has always been a host,

My guest has been a host, eminent

Foremost in his glory, noble.

In his glory, noble and generous

زارَ ليَحيا نَعمةً وريفا

زارَ ليَحيا نَعمةً وريفا

والصُّبحُ قد قابَلنا مُنيفا

والصُّبحُ قد قابَلنا مُنيفا

He came to live in comfort and luxuriant shade,

He came to enjoy life's bounty and countryside

And dawn had greeted us, rising high,

While the morning met us, intimate and kind

ورَفَعَتْ ظلماؤه السُّجوفا

ورَفَعَتْ ظلماؤه السُّجوفا

والكأسُ قد سارَتْ بنا الوَجيفا

والكأسُ قد سارَتْ بنا الوَجيفا

And its darkness lifted the curtains.

His darkness lifted away gloom

And the cup had carried us at a gallop,

The cup flowed between us, exhilarating

حتَّى توارَتْ شمسُها كُسوفا

حتَّى توارَتْ شمسُها كُسوفا

فأَهْدِ لي خَلوقَها المَدوفا

فأَهْدِ لي خَلوقَها المَدوفا

Until its sun vanished in eclipse.

Until its sun set, eclipsed

So send me its blended saffron perfume,

So give me its creation, round and molded

مُدَرِّعاً بلُّورَه المَشوفا

مُدَرِّعاً بلُّورَه المَشوفا

مثلَ العُروسِ ادَّرَعَتْ شفُوفا

مثلَ العُروسِ ادَّرَعَتْ شفُوفا

Enrobing its polished crystal,

Armored with its translucent, crystalline

Like a bride who has donned sheer robes.

Like a bride, her dress flowing

تَحوي منَ السُّكْرِ به صُنوفا

تَحوي منَ السُّكْرِ به صُنوفا

وكَبِّرِ الظَّرْفَ تَكُنْ ظَريفا

وكَبِّرِ الظَّرْفَ تَكُنْ ظَريفا

It holds within it many kinds of intoxication.

Containing in it varieties of intoxication

And enlarge the vessel, and you will be witty;

Exalt the vessel, make it elegant

والطُفْ فما زِلْتَ بنا لَطيفا

والطُفْ فما زِلْتَ بنا لَطيفا

في سابحٍ تَحسَبُه مَعلوفا

في سابحٍ تَحسَبُه مَعلوفا

And be kind, for you have always been kind to us,

While you have been to us gentle and subtle

With a swimmer you would think fed on fodder.

In the swimmer you think familiar

كان لِقَعْرِ لُجَّةٍ حَليفا

كان لِقَعْرِ لُجَّةٍ حَليفا

لاقى وقد فارقَه الحُتوفا

لاقى وقد فارقَه الحُتوفا

It was an ally of the deep water's bed;

It was a friend in the depth of the pit

It met death once it had parted from it.

Who parted from covers

خَطْفَةُ صيَّادٍ غدا مَخطوفا

خَطْفَةُ صيَّادٍ غدا مَخطوفا

ومَنْ يَكُنْ يَعرِفُه مَعروفا

ومَنْ يَكُنْ يَعرِفُه مَعروفا

At a fisherman's snatch, it was snatched away.

Snatched by a fisherman's trap, caught unawares

And whoever knows him well,

And whoever knows it well

صَبُّ إلى السُّكْرِ به مَشغُوفا

صَبُّ إلى السُّكْرِ به مَشغُوفا

ترى الذي حاولَته خَفيفا

ترى الذي حاولَته خَفيفا

Is a lover drawn to drunkenness, enamored of it.

Will pour into intoxication, enamored

You will find what you attempted easy.

You see the one it tried easily