وَلَيْلَةٍ بِضِيَاءِ الْكَأسِ لامِعَةٍ

وَلَيْلَةٍ بِضِيَاءِ الْكَأسِ لامِعَةٍ

أَدْرَكْتُ بِاللَّهْوِ فِيها كُلَّ مُقْتَرَحِ

أَدْرَكْتُ بِاللَّهْوِ فِيها كُلَّ مُقْتَرَحِ

And a night agleam with the cup’s radiance—

And a night with the brilliance of a shining cup

In it, through revelry, I fulfilled every wish.

I attained in its pleasures all I sought

أَحْيَيْتُهَا بَعْدَمَا نَامَ الْخَلِيُّ بِهَا

أَحْيَيْتُهَا بَعْدَمَا نَامَ الْخَلِيُّ بِهَا

بِغَادَةٍ لَوْ رَأَتْهَا الشَّمْسُ لَمْ تَلُحِ

بِغَادَةٍ لَوْ رَأَتْهَا الشَّمْسُ لَمْ تَلُحِ

I kept it alive after the carefree one had fallen asleep that night,

I revived it after slumber claimed it

With a lovely maiden—had the sun seen her, it would not have shone.

With a maiden - had the sun seen her it would not have risen

فَلَوْ تَأَمَّلْتَنِي وَالْكَأْسُ دَائِرَةٌ

فَلَوْ تَأَمَّلْتَنِي وَالْكَأْسُ دَائِرَةٌ

لَخِلْتَنِي مَلِكاً يَخْتَالُ مِنْ مَرَحِ

لَخِلْتَنِي مَلِكاً يَخْتَالُ مِنْ مَرَحِ

So had you observed me while the cup went round,

So if you considered me with the cup going round

You would have thought me a king, strutting with delight.

You'd think me a boastful king in revelry

وَكَيْفَ لا تَبْلُغُ الأَفْلاكَ مَنْزِلَتِي

وَكَيْفَ لا تَبْلُغُ الأَفْلاكَ مَنْزِلَتِي

والْبَدْرُ في مَجْلِسِي والشَّمْسُ فِي قَدَحِي

والْبَدْرُ في مَجْلِسِي والشَّمْسُ فِي قَدَحِي

And how could my station not reach the celestial spheres,

And how could I not reach the celestial spheres

When the full moon is in my gathering and the sun in my goblet?

With the moon in my gathering and the sun in my cup