قُولُوا لِزَجَّاجِكُمْ ذَا الَّذِي

قُولُوا لِزَجَّاجِكُمْ ذَا الَّذِي

لَهُ مُحيَّا بِالسَّنَا مُسْفِرُ

لَهُ مُحيَّا بِالسَّنَا مُسْفِرُ

Tell this glassmaker of yours, who

Tell your glassblower, he whose tinted

has a face shining with radiance:

cheeks are rosy with good health,

إنْ كُنْتَ في الصَّنْعَةِ ذَا خِبْرَةٍ

إنْ كُنْتَ في الصَّنْعَةِ ذَا خِبْرَةٍ

وَكَانَ مَعْرُوفُكَ لا يُنْكَرُ

وَكَانَ مَعْرُوفُكَ لا يُنْكَرُ

If you have expertise in the craft,

If you are skilled in your craft

and your kindness cannot be denied,

and your good name is widely known,

فَمَا لأَحْداقِكَ أَقْدَاحُها

فَمَا لأَحْداقِكَ أَقْدَاحُها

في صِحَّةٍ مِنْ حُسْنِها تُكسَرُ

في صِحَّةٍ مِنْ حُسْنِها تُكسَرُ

then why are the goblets of your eyes

Why do the wine glasses you fashion

broken by their beauty, though sound?

though fair, get broken easily?