فَما حَرَّمَ الرَحمَنُ مِن تمرِ عجوةٍ

وَلا ما سَقانا من ركيَّتِهِ سَعدُ

What the Merciful forbade not of luscious dates,

The Merciful never forbade the Ajwa dates,

Nor the wine He gave us from his generosity to drink,

Nor what Sa'd gave us to drink from his well.

إِذا طرحا في الدَنِّ أخرجَ مِنهُما

شَرابٌ يَروقُ العينَ منظرهُ وَردُ

When both are cast into the bowl, there comes forth

When both are cast into the cask, they yield

A beverage, sight of which delights the eye like a rose.

A rosy drink whose sight delights the eye.

نباكِر أخذ الكأسِ حَتّى كَأَنَّنا

نَرى في الضُحى أَطنابَ خيمتنا تَعدو

Maidens take up the goblets till it seems as though

We rise early to take up the cup, until it seems as if we

We see at dawn the tent-ropes of our camp marching on.

See the ropes of our tent running away in the mid-morning.