سَقّني الخمرَ بعَيْنيَ قاتلي

سَقّني الخمرَ بعَيْنيَ قاتلي

لا يُلاقي منك مثلي عَطَشا

لا يُلاقي منك مثلي عَطَشا

Give me wine, by my slayer’s eyes;

My killer eyes made me drink wine

Let not one like me suffer thirst at your hands.

None suffers thirst like me from you

أحَباباً ما أرى في الكأس أمْ

أحَباباً ما أرى في الكأس أمْ

صَنَعَ المَزْجُ عليها حَنَشا

صَنَعَ المَزْجُ عليها حَنَشا

Is what I see in the cup foam, or

In the cup I see no loved ones

has the mixing formed a serpent on its surface?

Only bubbles the blender did produce

باتَ ساقيها كراقي حَيّةٍ

باتَ ساقيها كراقي حَيّةٍ

فإذا مَدَّ يميناً نَهَشَا

فإذا مَدَّ يميناً نَهَشَا

Its cupbearer spent the night like a snake-charmer,

Its pourer’s hands are snakes’ heads

and whenever he stretched out his right hand, it bit him.

When he extends his right, it bites

لا تقُلْ عَذّرَ مَن تَيّمَني

لا تقُلْ عَذّرَ مَن تَيّمَني

إنّما طرَّزَ باسمي وَوَشَى

إنّما طرَّزَ باسمي وَوَشَى

Do not say that he who enthralled me has begun to grow a beard;

Don’t excuse who cursed me

he has merely embroidered and embellished himself with my name.

He but embroidered my name and adorned

إنما خَطَّ على عارِضِهِ

إنما خَطَّ على عارِضِهِ

مثلَ ما في خاتمي قد نُقِشا

مثلَ ما في خاتمي قد نُقِشا

He has only traced upon his cheek

On his cheek he only etched

the like of what has been engraved on my ring.

What’s engraved on my ring’s stone