ما زلت أشربُها والليلُ مُعتكرٌ

ما زلت أشربُها والليلُ مُعتكرٌ

حتى تضاحكَ في أعجازه القَمَرُ

حتى تضاحكَ في أعجازه القَمَرُ

I kept drinking it while the night was dark and murky,

I still drink it while the night grows dark

until the moon laughed in the night's last reaches.

Until the moon smiles through the folds of its skirt.

ثم انثنيت على كفي وقد أخذت

ثم انثنيت على كفي وقد أخذت

مني مآخذ ما في دونها وطَرُ

مني مآخذ ما في دونها وطَرُ

Then I leaned upon my palm, and it had taken

Then I leaned upon my palms for I was seized

such hold of me that nothing less could satisfy my desire.

By that which lies not in the power of thought to divert.