سَل بِالصَبوحِ غَبوقا

سَل بِالصَبوحِ غَبوقا

وَلاتَكُن مُستَفيقا

وَلاتَكُن مُستَفيقا

Ask for an evening draught with the morning wine,

Ask at dawn for a drink,

and do not sober up.

And do not be fully awake,

وَاِعصِ العَذولَ وَدَعهُ

وَاِعصِ العَذولَ وَدَعهُ

يَنفُخ بِعَذلِكَ بوقا

يَنفُخ بِعَذلِكَ بوقا

Defy the reproacher, and leave him

Disobey the chaste one and leave him

to trumpet his reproaches of you.

To trumpet your innocence.

دَعِ المُسَيكينَ حَتّى

دَعِ المُسَيكينَ حَتّى

يُقيمَ بِالنُسكِ سوقا

يُقيمَ بِالنُسكِ سوقا

Leave the poor little fellow, so that

Leave the unfortunate ones until

he may set up a market in piety.

They establish a market for devotion.

لا تَسلُكَنَّ إِلى غَي

لا تَسلُكَنَّ إِلى غَي

رِ ما تُحِبُّ طَريقا

رِ ما تُحِبُّ طَريقا

Never take a path toward anything

Do not go to what you love

other than what you love.

By any way other than the path.

فَإِنَّ في ذاكَ عِندي

فَإِنَّ في ذاكَ عِندي

رَأياً مُضيئاً وَثيقا

رَأياً مُضيئاً وَثيقا

For in that, to my mind,

For in that, I have, in my view

lies a luminous and well-founded view.

A bright, firm opinion.

وَخُذ وَهاتِ سُلافاً

وَخُذ وَهاتِ سُلافاً

مِنَ الشَرابِ رَحيقا

مِنَ الشَرابِ رَحيقا

And take and give a choice draught

Take and fetch a drink

of wine, pure and unmingled.

Of pure wine.

لا تَشرَبَنَّ سِواها

لا تَشرَبَنَّ سِواها

أَو مِن حَبيبِكَ ريقا

أَو مِن حَبيبِكَ ريقا

Drink nothing but that wine,

Do not drink anything but it

or saliva from your beloved.

Or a sip from your beloved.

أَما تَرى الصُبحَ يَدعو

أَما تَرى الصُبحَ يَدعو

يا نائِمَينِ أَفيقا

يا نائِمَينِ أَفيقا

Do you not see the dawn calling:

Do you not see the dawn calling

"O you two sleepers, awake!"

O sleeping ones, awaken!