للَّه دَرُّ عصابَةٍ نَزَلوا

للَّه دَرُّ عصابَةٍ نَزَلوا

بَينَ الرّياضِ مَجالساً خُضْرا

بَينَ الرّياضِ مَجالساً خُضْرا

How splendid the company who settled

Praise be to a group who descended

amid the gardens, in verdant gathering places!

Between gardens, seated on green rugs

شَرِبوا بِكَاساتٍ مُعَتَّقَةً

شَرِبوا بِكَاساتٍ مُعَتَّقَةً

شَرِبَت عُقولُهُمُ بِها سَكرا

شَرِبَت عُقولُهُمُ بِها سَكرا

They drank aged wine from goblets;

They drank from aged cups

their minds drank in intoxication through it.

Their minds intoxicated by its wine

وكأنّما الأقمارُ تلثمُ من

وكأنّما الأقمارُ تلثمُ من

أيدي السقاةِ كواكباً زُهْرا

أيدي السقاةِ كواكباً زُهْرا

And it was as though the moons were kissing, from

As if the moons were kissing

the cupbearers’ hands, radiant stars.

Stars from the cupbearers' hands

وكأنّما صُوَرُ القِنانِ وقد

وكأنّما صُوَرُ القِنانِ وقد

مُلِئت إلى لَهواتِها خَمرا

مُلِئت إلى لَهواتِها خَمرا

And it was as though the shapes of the bottles, already

As if the images on the jugs

filled to their throats with wine,

Were filled to their brims with wine

بيضُ الحسان وَقَفْنَ في عُرُسٍ

بيضُ الحسان وَقَفْنَ في عُرُسٍ

لمَّا لَبِسْنَ غَلائِلاً حُمرا

لمَّا لَبِسْنَ غَلائِلاً حُمرا

were fair-skinned beauties standing at a wedding,

The beautiful women stood at a wedding

when they had donned thin red robes.

When they wore red veils