أَرَدتُ الشُربَ في القَمَرِ

أَرَدتُ الشُربَ في القَمَرِ

وَقَطعَ اللَيلِ بِالسَهَرِ

وَقَطعَ اللَيلِ بِالسَهَرِ

I wished to drink in the moonlight,

I wanted to drink from the moon

And pass the night in wakefulness.

And stay up late cutting through the night

وَقَد جَمَّعتُ ما يُلهي

وَقَد جَمَّعتُ ما يُلهي

فَلَم أَترُك وَلَم أَذَرِ

فَلَم أَترُك وَلَم أَذَرِ

And I had gathered what would amuse,

I gathered all that would distract me

Leaving nothing out, omitting nothing.

Yet I let nothing slip or scatter

فَدَبَّ الغَيمُ مُعتَمِداً

فَدَبَّ الغَيمُ مُعتَمِداً

فَأَخفاهُ عَنِ النَظَرِ

فَأَخفاهُ عَنِ النَظَرِ

Then the clouds crept in deliberately,

The clouds crept in steadily

And hid it from sight.

Concealing it from sight

فَبِتُّ أَفورُ مِن غَضَبٍ

فَبِتُّ أَفورُ مِن غَضَبٍ

عَلى الأَحداثِ وَالغِيَرِ

عَلى الأَحداثِ وَالغِيَرِ

So I spent the night seething with anger

I seethe with anger

At misfortunes and vicissitudes.

At fate and others

وَجاءَ إِلَيَّ شَيطاني

وَجاءَ إِلَيَّ شَيطاني

يُحَرِّشُني عَلى القَدَرِ

يُحَرِّشُني عَلى القَدَرِ

And my devil came to me,

My devil came to me

Inciting me against fate.

Inciting me against destiny

وَحاوَلَ كَفرَةً مِنّي

وَحاوَلَ كَفرَةً مِنّي

وَجَرَّأَني عَلى سَقَرِ

وَجَرَّأَني عَلى سَقَرِ

And tried to draw a blasphemy from me,

And tempted blasphemy from me

And emboldened me to face Saqar.

And emboldened me against Hell

فَقامَ العَقلُ يُطفِئُ عَن

فَقامَ العَقلُ يُطفِئُ عَن

فُؤادي جَمرَةَ الضَجَرِ

فُؤادي جَمرَةَ الضَجَرِ

Then reason rose to quench within

Reason rose up, extinguishing

My heart the ember of vexation.

The embers of irritation in my heart

وَوَلّى آيِساً مِنّي

وَوَلّى آيِساً مِنّي

وَفِزتُ عَلَيهِ بِالظَفَرِ

وَفِزتُ عَلَيهِ بِالظَفَرِ

And he turned away, despairing of me,

And left disappointed with me

And I won the victory over him.

As I triumphed over it

وَوَكَّلَ بي تَلامِذَةً

وَوَكَّلَ بي تَلامِذَةً

فَأَسقوني إِلى السَحَرِ

فَأَسقوني إِلى السَحَرِ

And he set disciples upon me,

It assigned disciples to me

So they plied me with drink until just before dawn.

Who kept me intoxicated till dawn

وَأَبدَوا لي مَليحَ الوَج

وَأَبدَوا لي مَليحَ الوَج

هِ مَنقوشاً مِنَ الشَرَرِ

هِ مَنقوشاً مِنَ الشَرَرِ

And they showed me one fair of face,

And showed me the beautiful face

Etched from sparks.

Engraved with embers

تَمَرَّنَ في الهَوى وَبَدا

تَمَرَّنَ في الهَوى وَبَدا

وَحَلَّ مَخانِقَ الصُوَرِ

وَحَلَّ مَخانِقَ الصُوَرِ

He grew practiced in passion and appeared,

It flourished in passion and appeared

And loosened the chokers of the images.

And untied the shackles of images

فَما يَأتي عَلى طَلَبٍ

فَما يَأتي عَلى طَلَبٍ

وَلا يَعصي مِنَ الحَصَرِ

وَلا يَعصي مِنَ الحَصَرِ

So he does not come at a request,

So nothing comes searching

Nor does he resist out of bashfulness.

Nor disobeys being confined

وَأَغرَوني فَكانَ إِلَي

وَأَغرَوني فَكانَ إِلَي

هِ ما قَد كانَ في سَكَري

هِ ما قَد كانَ في سَكَري

And they tempted me; so there happened to

And they seduced me, so to me came

Him what happened in my drunkenness.

What had come in my intoxication

فَلَمّا أَصبَحوا طاروا

فَلَمّا أَصبَحوا طاروا

إِلى إِبليسَ بِالخَبَرِ

إِلى إِبليسَ بِالخَبَرِ

Then, when morning came, they flew

When dawn broke, they flew

To Iblis with the news.

To Iblis with the news