أُدْنُ مِنَ الدَّنِّ بِي فِدَاكَ أَبِي

أُدْنُ مِنَ الدَّنِّ بِي فِدَاكَ أَبِي

وَاشْرَبْ وَهَاتِ الكَبِيْرَ وانْتَخِبِ

وَاشْرَبْ وَهَاتِ الكَبِيْرَ وانْتَخِبِ

Draw me near to the wine jar—may my father be your ransom.

Bring me close to the wine jar—may my father be your ransom.

Drink; bring the great cup, and choose the finest.

Drink, bring the large cup, and take your pick.

أَمَا تَرَى الطَّلَّ كَيْفَ يَلْمَعُ فِي

أَمَا تَرَى الطَّلَّ كَيْفَ يَلْمَعُ فِي

عُيُونِ نَوْرٍ يَدْعُو إِلَى الطَّرَبِ

عُيُونِ نَوْرٍ يَدْعُو إِلَى الطَّرَبِ

Do you not see how the dew gleams in

Do you not see how the dew gleams in

the eyes of blossoms, calling us to delight?

the eyes of blossoms, inviting delight?

فِي كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لِلطَّلِّ لُؤْلُؤَةً

فِي كُلِّ عَيْنٍ لِلطَّلِّ لُؤْلُؤَةً

كَدَمْعَةٍ فِي جُفُونِ مُنْتَخِبِ

كَدَمْعَةٍ فِي جُفُونِ مُنْتَخِبِ

In every eye, the dew has set a pearl,

In every eye, the dew has a pearl,

like a tear in the eyelids of a chosen one.

like a tear in a chooser's eyelids.

وَالصُّبْحُ قَدْ جُرِّدَتْ صَوَارِمُهُ

وَالصُّبْحُ قَدْ جُرِّدَتْ صَوَارِمُهُ

وَاللَّيْلُ مِنْهَا قَدْ هَمَّ بِالْهَرَبِ

وَاللَّيْلُ مِنْهَا قَدْ هَمَّ بِالْهَرَبِ

Morning’s swords have been unsheathed,

And dawn's sharp swords have been unsheathed,

and night has resolved to flee from them.

and night has made ready to flee from them.

وَالجَوُّ فِي حَلَّةٍ مُمَسَّكَةٍ

وَالجَوُّ فِي حَلَّةٍ مُمَسَّكَةٍ

قَدْ كَتَبَتْهَا البُرُوقُ بِالذَّهَبِ

قَدْ كَتَبَتْهَا البُرُوقُ بِالذَّهَبِ

The air is robed in a musk-scented mantle

And the sky wears a musk-scented robe,

that lightning-flashes have inscribed in gold.

which lightning flashes have inscribed in gold.

فَهَاتِهَا كَالْعَرُوسِ مُحْمَرَّةَ ال

فَهَاتِهَا كَالْعَرُوسِ مُحْمَرَّةَ ال

خَدَّيْنِ فِي مِعْجَزٍ مِنَ الحَبَبِ

خَدَّيْنِ فِي مِعْجَزٍ مِنَ الحَبَبِ

Then bring her like a bride, crimson of—

So bring it like a bride, with reddened

cheeks, amid a miracle of bubbles.

cheeks, in a waist-wrap of bubbles.

كَادَتْ تَكُنُ الهَوَاءَ فِي أَرَجِ ال

كَادَتْ تَكُنُ الهَوَاءَ فِي أَرَجِ ال

عَنْبَرِ لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ العِنَبِ

عَنْبَرِ لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ العِنَبِ

She would almost be air itself, in the fragrance of—

It would almost veil the air in the fragrance of

ambergris, had she not been made from grapes:

ambergris, were it not made from grapes.

فِيؤ كَفِّ رَاضٍ عَنِ الصُّدُودِ وَقَدْ

فِيؤ كَفِّ رَاضٍ عَنِ الصُّدُودِ وَقَدْ

غَضِبْتُ فِي حُبِّهِ عَلَى الغَضَبِ

غَضِبْتُ فِي حُبِّهِ عَلَى الغَضَبِ

in the hand of one content with aloofness, while I have

In the palm of one content with aloofness; yet

grown angry, for love of him, at anger itself.

I have, for love of him, grown angry at anger itself.

فَلَوْ تَرضى الكَأسَ حِيْنَ يَمْزُجُهَا

فَلَوْ تَرضى الكَأسَ حِيْنَ يَمْزُجُهَا

رَأَيْتَ شَيْئَاً مِنْ أَعْجَبِ العَجَبِ

رَأَيْتَ شَيْئَاً مِنْ أَعْجَبِ العَجَبِ

If only the cup would consent when he mixes her,

So, were you to accept the cup as he mixes it,

you would behold a thing among the greatest of wonders:

you would see something among the strangest wonders:

نَارٌ حَوَتْهَا الزُّجَاجُ يُلْهِبُهَا ال

نَارٌ حَوَتْهَا الزُّجَاجُ يُلْهِبُهَا ال

مَاءُ وَدُرٌّ بِغَيْرِ مَا ثُقَبِ

مَاءُ وَدُرٌّ بِغَيْرِ مَا ثُقَبِ

fire enclosed by glass, set ablaze by—

A fire enclosed in glass, kindled by

water—and pearls that have never been pierced.

water, and pearls without any holes.