وأغيَدٍ طافَ بالكؤوسِ ضحىً

وأغيَدٍ طافَ بالكؤوسِ ضحىً

فحثَّها والصباحُ قد وَضَحا

فحثَّها والصباحُ قد وَضَحا

And a graceful youth went round with cups at midmorning,

The morning cupbearer circled with cups at dawn

Then hurried them round, with morning already bright.

So we urged him on as the morn was growing bright

والروضُ يُبدي لنا شقائقهُ

والروضُ يُبدي لنا شقائقهُ

وآسُهُ العنبريُّ قد نفحا

وآسُهُ العنبريُّ قد نفحا

And the garden showed us its anemones,

The garden shows us its anemones

And its ambergris-scented myrtle had breathed out fragrance.

And its ambergris-scented blossoms exhale their scent

قلنا وأين الأقاحُ قال لنا

قلنا وأين الأقاحُ قال لنا

أودعتُهُ ثَغْرَ مَنْ سَقَى القدحا

أودعتُهُ ثَغْرَ مَنْ سَقَى القدحا

We said, “And where are the daisies?” The garden said to us:

We asked, where is the wine? He told us:

“I placed them in the mouth of the one who served the cup.”

I left it in the mouth of the one who drank from the cup

فظلَّ ساقي المُدام يجحدُ ما

فظلَّ ساقي المُدام يجحدُ ما

قالَ فلمّا تبسَّمَ افْتُضِحا

قالَ فلمّا تبسَّمَ افْتُضِحا

So the wine-pourer kept denying what

So the pourer of wine kept denying what

It had said; but when he smiled, he was exposed.

He had said, until he smiled and stood exposed