ولمَّا اصطَحَبْنا والخُمارُ يَصُدُّنا

ولمَّا اصطَحَبْنا والخُمارُ يَصُدُّنا

عن الكأسِ عُجْنا والغَلائِلُ تُنزَعُ

عن الكأسِ عُجْنا والغَلائِلُ تُنزَعُ

And when we went together, the hangover keeping us

When we were together and the wine was forbidden to us,

from the cup, we turned aside as our undergarments were removed,

We were restless and eager to remove the obstacles,

إلى وُسْعِ حَمَّامٍ كأنَّ سَماءَهُ

إلى وُسْعِ حَمَّامٍ كأنَّ سَماءَهُ

عَقيقٌ بجَاماتِ اللُّجَينِ مُرَصَّعُ

عَقيقٌ بجَاماتِ اللُّجَينِ مُرَصَّعُ

into a spacious bathhouse, whose sky seemed

To the expanse of a bathhouse whose ceiling was like

agate studded with silver roundels.

Agate studded with pearls from al-Lujjayn,

وفي الصَّدْرِ قَيْناتٌ وشُرْبُ مُدامَةٍ

وفي الصَّدْرِ قَيْناتٌ وشُرْبُ مُدامَةٍ

يَلذُّ بها مَرآىً وما ثمَّ مَسمَعُ

يَلذُّ بها مَرآىً وما ثمَّ مَسمَعُ

And at the front are singing girls and wine-drinking,

With breasts and intoxicating drinks that delighted

delightful to behold there, though nothing can be heard,

The sights and hearing, nothing more,

على سَبَجٍ من أرْضِهِ وجُيوشُه

على سَبَجٍ من أرْضِهِ وجُيوشُه

قِيامٌ على أرجائِها وهي خُشَّعُ

قِيامٌ على أرجائِها وهي خُشَّعُ

upon the jet of its floor; and its armies

On carpets from its land while its soldiers

stand along its edges, bowed in humility.

Stood watch over its corners humbly,

قَضَيْنا بهِ عندَ الصَّباحِ لُبانَةً

قَضَيْنا بهِ عندَ الصَّباحِ لُبانَةً

وعُجْنا إليها والعَواتقُ هُجَّعُ

وعُجْنا إليها والعَواتقُ هُجَّعُ

We fulfilled a desire there in the morning,

We passed the morning there in bliss

and turned back to it while the maidens slept.

And returned while the maidens were asleep.