اِسقِنيها وَاللَيلُ فَرعُ عَروسٍ

اِسقِنيها وَاللَيلُ فَرعُ عَروسٍ

زَيَّنوهُ بُدُرِّهِ وَجُمانِه

زَيَّنوهُ بُدُرِّهِ وَجُمانِه

Give me wine to drink, while night is a bride’s tress;

they have decked it with its pearls and its beads.

وَكَأَنَّ الجَوزاءَ حينَ تَهاوَت

وَكَأَنَّ الجَوزاءَ حينَ تَهاوَت

فارِسٌ مالَ عَن سَراةِ حِصانِه

فارِسٌ مالَ عَن سَراةِ حِصانِه

And it is as though Orion, when it sank,

were a horseman leaning from the back of his steed.