ساقٍ يسوقُ إلى السياق محبةً

ساقٍ يسوقُ إلى السياق محبةً

ويرى شفاءَ حريقِه برحيقِه

ويرى شفاءَ حريقِه برحيقِه

A cupbearer leads one, through love, to the throes of death,

A cupbearer who leads love into context

And sees in his nectar the cure for his burning.

And sees the cure for his burning in his lip-dew

السكْرُ كلُّ السكرِ في كاساتِهِ

السكْرُ كلُّ السكرِ في كاساتِهِ

والسرُّ كلُّ السرِّ في إبريقِهِ

والسرُّ كلُّ السرِّ في إبريقِهِ

Intoxication—all intoxication—is in his cups,

Intoxication is all sweetness in his cups

And the secret—the whole secret—is in his ewer.

And the secret is all mystery in his pitcher