في الكأس ما يزدهي به العنب

تيهاً إذا ما إليه ينتسب

The cup contains a wine that graces the grape,

Wandering when attributed to it,

رب اب نال بابنه شرفاً

يقصر عنه النجار والحسب

A father attained honor through his son,

Beyond the carpenter's and the noble's reach.

غبوقها يسلب العقول وفي

صبوحها عائد لنا السلب

Its intoxication steals minds, while its

Sobriety returns to us the theft.

تذهب هم المقل حين يرى

كأس لجين طلاعها ذهب

The worries of the afflicted leave when he sees

A cup whose rising is gold.

اسماؤها جمة وأحسنها

عندي سرور النديم والطرب

Its names are many, but the best in my view

Is the joy of the friend and music.

وما الذ المدام يمزجها

بمثلها ما تضمن الشنب

Nothing mixes with wine like it,

Of what the vine contains.

مفلج الثغر في مقبله

عذب رضاب كأنه ضرب

A mouth smiler in its approach,

Sweet, gentle, as if struck.

وساحر الطرف من لواحظه

قد استعارت مضاءها القضب

An enchanting glance from its observer,

Who borrowed its radiance from embers.

تملك الحسن والجمال ففي

الغيد من الحسن بعض ما يهب

It possesses beauty and grace, so in

The vine some of what it grants.

مر الجفا حلوة شمائله

وكل حب عذابه عذب

The harshness of estrangement is sweetened by its traits,

And every beloved agony is sweet.

هندية لم تزل لواحظه

وقد نمته الغطارف العرب

Indian, its glances have not ceased

To be groomed by Arabic eyelids.

قم هاتها هاتها معتقه

اتت عليها الدهور والحقب

Rise, bring it here, bring it here in dedication,

Eras and epochs have passed over it.

شمس مدام يسعى بها قمر

على ندامى كأنها شهب

A sun of wine, a moon is striving with it,

Over late regrets as if they were embers.

يخالها في الكؤوس مبصرها

سماء تبر نجومها الحبب

Its observer imagines it in cups

A sky with its stars being the seeds.