وَفِتيانِ لَهوٍ غَدَوا لِلصَبو

وَفِتيانِ لَهوٍ غَدَوا لِلصَبو

حِ وَقَد قَدَحَ اللَيلُ فَجراً وَأَورى

حِ وَقَد قَدَحَ اللَيلُ فَجراً وَأَورى

And young revelers set out for the morning draught,

Playful youth set out at dawn

while night had struck dawn's spark and kindled it.

As night sparked the dawn aflame

نَدامى فَلا ذا يُماري لَذا

نَدامى فَلا ذا يُماري لَذا

وَلا ذاكَ يَجلُسُ عَن ذاكَ دورا

وَلا ذاكَ يَجلُسُ عَن ذاكَ دورا

Drinking companions: this one did not dispute with that one,

Regretful, yet who can resist such delight

nor did that one sit far from the other.

Or abstain when called again

بِدَيرِ المَطيرَةِ نُقرى المُدا

بِدَيرِ المَطيرَةِ نُقرى المُدا

مَ لَدى القَسِّ لَمّا أَتَيناهُ زَورا

مَ لَدى القَسِّ لَمّا أَتَيناهُ زَورا

At the monastery of al-Maṭīra, we were served wine,

At the Monastery of Rain we visited

at the priest's, when we came to him as visitors.

The priest when we came unannounced

إِذا ما طَعَنّا بُطونَ القَنا

إِذا ما طَعَنّا بُطونَ القَنا

ني سارَ دَمُ الكَرمِ عَنهُنَّ سَورا

ني سارَ دَمُ الكَرمِ عَنهُنَّ سَورا

Whenever we pierced the bellies of the flasks,

When we stabbed the bellies of jugs

the vine's blood gushed from them in a surge.

The generous blood flowed freely

كَأَنَّ خَراطيمَها في الزُجاجِ

كَأَنَّ خَراطيمَها في الزُجاجِ

خَراطيمُ فَحلٍ يُنَقّينَ ثَورا

خَراطيمُ فَحلٍ يُنَقّينَ ثَورا

As though their spouts within the glass were

As if their spouts in glass

the snouts of a breeding male, cleansing a bull.

Were the horns of a bull pouring wine