1. ساقي المدام غنِّ غَن

    لا تَختشي لَوم

    Cupbearer of wine, sing, sing!

    Do not fear reproach.

  2. وَاِروِ الغَرام عَني عَني

    يا ساقي القَوم

    And recount my passion for me, for me,

    O cupbearer of the company!

  3. يا مُفرد الحُسن

    آه يا مُرادي

    O peerless one in beauty,

    ah, O my desire!

  4. عَطفاً عَلى المَأسور

    إِنّي دَخيلك

    Have pity on the captive;

    I seek your protection.

  5. فَالدَمع كَالمُزن

    إذ تهامى

    For tears are like rain clouds:

    when they poured down,

  6. لم يُنجني العوم

    أَقسَمت بِالخَدّ القاني

    swimming did not save me.

    I swore by the crimson cheek,

  7. باهي الجَمال

    وَبِالقوام المران

    radiant in beauty,

    and by the figure like an ash-wood lance,

  8. زاهي الدَلالِ

    وَالمُقلة النَجلا

    radiant in coquetry,

    and the wide eye,

  9. مَع دُرّ مبسم

    إنّ الهَوى فنّي وَالغَراما

    with the pearls of a smiling mouth:

    love and passion are indeed my art

  10. وَسُنّتي اليَوم

    رَوى شَذا مسك الخالي

    and my way today.

    The fragrance of the beauty spot's musk related,

  11. عَن الشَقيق

    عَن بارق الثَغر الحالي

    from the anemone,

    from the gleam of the adorned mouth,

  12. عَن العَقيق

    إنّي بِهِ أَولى

    from the carnelian:

    Indeed, I have a greater claim to him

  13. مِن كُلّ مُغرم

    فَكَم جفا جفني يا ندامى

    than any lover.

    For how often my eyelid was forsaken, O drinking companions,

  14. في حُبِّهِ النوم

    يا قاتِلي بِالتَجنّي

    by sleep, for love of him!

    O you who slay me with unfounded accusations,

  15. تَفديك نَفسي

    فَهَل جَرى ذَنب مني

    may my soul ransom you!

    Have I, then, committed any fault,

  16. يا بَدر أُنسي

    فَاِسمَح وَجد فَضلاً

    O full moon of my solace?

    So be gracious and bestow, as a favor,

  17. بِالوَصل وَاِرحَم

    مضنى أَخا حزنِ مُستهاما

    union, and have mercy

    on a love-worn brother of sorrow, distraught with love,

  18. يا غاليَ السوم

    ذات الجَمال الوضاحِ

    O you so highly prized!

    She of radiant beauty,

  19. أخت الشُموسِ

    عَلى سَنا الوَجه الضاحي

    sister of the suns,

    by the radiance of her shining face

  20. تَجلو كُؤوسي

    لِلّه ما أَحلى

    makes my cups gleam.

    By God, how sweet

  21. ثَغراً منظَّم

    يَسقى ابنة الدنّ وَالمداما

    is a mouth with neatly arrayed teeth,

    serving the cask's daughter and wine

  22. في أَشهر الصوم

    خود نَضت سَيف الفَتك

    in the months of fasting!

    A tender young woman unsheathed the sword of slaughter

  23. منَ الجفون

    حَتّى دَعانا لِلهَتك

    from her eyelids,

    until we were called to abandon propriety

  24. سحر العُيون

    يا منيتي مَهلاً

    by the enchantment of the eyes.

    O my heart's desire, be gentle!

  25. إِنّي مُتيّم

    حَمامة الغُصن حينَ هاما

    I am a captive of love:

    the dove upon the bough, when I grew love-distraught,

  26. قَد علَّم الحَوم

    عَلى أَجلّ الأَحباب

    I taught to circle.

    Upon the most exalted of beloved ones,

  27. سرّ الوُجود

    وَآله وَالأَصحاب

    the secret of existence,

    and his family and companions,

  28. أَهل الشُهود

    رَبُّ السَما صَلّى

    the people of spiritual witnessing,

    may the Lord of heaven send blessings,

  29. فَضلاً وَسلّم

    وَجاء بِالمنِّ ما تَسامى

    graciously, and grant peace,

    and bestow bounty as long as there soars

  30. مَدحي بِهم دوم

    my praise of them, evermore.