أَسقِياني وَاِعمَلا طَربا

أَسقِياني وَاِعمَلا طَربا

وَأَديرا الكَأسَ وَاِنتَخِبا

وَأَديرا الكَأسَ وَاِنتَخِبا

You two, give me to drink, and know me enraptured;

Give me drink, you two, and stir up merriment;

pass round the cup, and choose

And pass the cup around, and choose

بِنتُ كَرمٍ شابَ مَفرِقُها

بِنتُ كَرمٍ شابَ مَفرِقُها

وَثَوَت في دِنِّها حِقَبا

وَثَوَت في دِنِّها حِقَبا

a daughter of the vine, her hair-parting gone gray,

A daughter of the vine whose hair-parting has turned gray.

who has lain for ages in her jar.

And she dwelt in her wine jar for ages,

وَاِكتَسَت مِن فِضَّةٍ زَرَداً

وَاِكتَسَت مِن فِضَّةٍ زَرَداً

خِلتُها مِن تَحتِهِ ذَهَبا

خِلتُها مِن تَحتِهِ ذَهَبا

She donned chain mail of silver;

And donned a coat of silver mail—

beneath it I took her for gold.

I thought her gold beneath it.

وَكَأَنَّ الماءَ إِذ مُزِجَت

وَكَأَنَّ الماءَ إِذ مُزِجَت

مُلعِجٌ في كاسِها لَهَبا

مُلعِجٌ في كاسِها لَهَبا

And it is as though the water, when she is mixed with it,

And the water, when she was mixed, seemed

kindles a flame within her cup.

To kindle a flame within her cup.

فَأَدارَت في جَوانِبِها

فَأَدارَت في جَوانِبِها

حَبَباً تُغري بِهِ حَبَبا

حَبَباً تُغري بِهِ حَبَبا

Then she sent circling about her sides

So she sent circling along her sides

bubbles with which she tempts well-set teeth.

Bubbles with which she lures other bubbles,

كَكُميتِ اللَونِ قَلَّدَها

كَكُميتِ اللَونِ قَلَّدَها

فارِسٌ مِن لُؤلُؤٍ لَبَبا

فارِسٌ مِن لُؤلُؤٍ لَبَبا

Like a bay mare in color, whom

Like a bay-colored mare, adorned

a horseman girded with a breastband of pearls.

By a horseman with a breastcollar of pearls.