حثَّ الكؤوسَ رَوِيَّهْ

حثَّ الكؤوسَ رَوِيَّهْ

على رُوَاءِ البساتينْ

على رُوَاءِ البساتينْ

Hasten round the brimming cups

He urged the cups on the irrigation

Amid the beauty of the gardens,

of the gardens

مِنْ قهوةٍ بابلية

مِنْ قهوةٍ بابلية

أرقَّ من دمْع مَحزُونْ

أرقَّ من دمْع مَحزُونْ

Of Babylonian wine,

With Babylonian coffee

More delicate than a sorrowful person's tears.

More delicate than the tear of a sorrowful one

باللهِ قُمْ يا نديمْ

باللهِ قُمْ يا نديمْ

وأنتَ خيرُ نديم

وأنتَ خيرُ نديم

By God, rise, O drinking companion,

For God's sake rise up oh boon companion

And you are the best of drinking companions.

And you are the best boon companion

باكرْ بناتِ الكرومْ

باكرْ بناتِ الكرومْ

حياةَ كلٍّ كريمْ

حياةَ كلٍّ كريمْ

Seek at dawn the daughters of the vines,

Early with the daughters of the vineyards

The life of every noble man,

The life of each noble one

من كفِّ ظبيٍ رخيم

من كفِّ ظبيٍ رخيم

وأيِّ ظبيٍ رخيم

وأيِّ ظبيٍ رخيم

From the hand of a soft-voiced gazelle—

From the palm of a gentle gazelle

And what a soft-voiced gazelle!

And which gentle gazelle

ذو غُرَّة قَمَرِيَّه

ذو غُرَّة قَمَرِيَّه

يَرْنُو بألحاظِ شاهينْ

يَرْنُو بألحاظِ شاهينْ

With a moonlike brow,

With a crescent moon charm

He gazes with a peregrine falcon's eyes.

That aspires with the glances of a falcon

لما رأى الحُسنُ زِيَّه

لما رأى الحُسنُ زِيَّه

صَبَا إليه على الحِينْ

صَبَا إليه على الحِينْ

When Beauty saw his appearance,

When beauty saw its adornment

It fell in love with him at once.

It inclined toward it straightaway