ونَدمانٍ دَعَوْتُ إلى العُقارِ

ونَدمانٍ دَعَوْتُ إلى العُقارِ

وقد فضحَ الدُّجى ضَوْءَ النَّهارِ

وقد فضحَ الدُّجى ضَوْءَ النَّهارِ

And I invited a drinking companion to wine,

I called to the regretful at dusk

When daylight had laid the darkness bare.

When daylight had unveiled night's cloak,

فقلتُ ألا تقومُ إلى عروسٍ

فقلتُ ألا تقومُ إلى عروسٍ

أَتتْ في حُلَّةٍ من جُلَّنارِ

أَتتْ في حُلَّةٍ من جُلَّنارِ

So I said, “Will you not rise to a bride

Saying, "Will you not rise for a bride

Who has come in a robe of pomegranate blossom?”

Who came in a dress of spangled stars?"

فقامَ وفي جوارحِه فُتورٌ

فقامَ وفي جوارحِه فُتورٌ

وفي أجفانِه سِنَةُ الخُمارِ

وفي أجفانِه سِنَةُ الخُمارِ

So he rose, with languor in his limbs,

He rose, but his limbs were leaden,

And in his eyelids the drowsiness of a hangover.

His eyelids heavy with the veil of sleep.

ومُقلتُه تخبِّرُ مَنْ رَآها

ومُقلتُه تخبِّرُ مَنْ رَآها

بما سرَقَتْه من لونِ العُقارِ

بما سرَقَتْه من لونِ العُقارِ

And his eye tells whoever sees it

His gaze told those who saw it

Of what it stole from the color of wine.

What the juice of the poppy had stolen of his color.