طَبتنَا اليومَ عن ذِكرَى سُعَادِ

كئوسٌ قد أتَتنا مِن بِعَادِ

Our gathering today was for the memory of happiness

Cups came to us from afar

مَنَاطَ النَّجمِ كَانَت فَاطَّبَتهَا

خَطَاطِيفَ الدراهم للبلاد

The stars were aligned for it so it prospered

Scattered coins for the country

فَلَمَّا أُترِعَ المِغراجُ مَاءً

وجِىءَ بِقرنِهِ ذَاتِ إتِّقَادِ

When the wine skin was soaked with water

And its horn brought, blazing

وَبُوِّىء مِقعَدُ المِغراجِ فِيهَا

وَصَوَّتَ شِربَ أذوَادٍ صَوَادِ

And the seat of the wine skin was prepared in it

And voices of companions, chatting

وأبرَزُ سَائِسُ الكاسَاتِ كِيلاً

مٍنَ المَفتُولِ جَادَ بِعَرفِ جَادِى

The cup bearer brought out a measure

Of matured wine, generously pouring

وسَاقاً من عِتَاقِ التَّلجِ نادَى

بِأن لم يَحكيهِ سَاقٌ مُنادِ

And legs of frozen snow calling out

That no legs had told its story

وقِندِيلٍ وحَسكَةٍ اعتَلَتها

زجاجةٌ أقمَرَت سُودَ الدَّآدِى

And a lamp and glass that held it

A bottle that brightened the darkness

لَهَا شَمَّاسَةٌ كَيَدٍ أُضِيفَت

لأخرَى في إنفرَاجٍ وانعِقَادِ

It had a lighter like an added hand

To another in expansion and contraction

وطَابِلَةٌ أُجِيدَ الوَشىُ فِيهَا

لها بُرَةٌ بَرَت بِرَّ النوادِى

And a disk in which intimacy thrived

With a halo that shone like a full moon

وبدراً في جَوانَبِه نُجُومٌ

مِنَ البَنَّارِفِيهَا الرَّقمُ بَادِ

And around it stars like gems

Sprinkled in it, diffusing light

وذَاكَ البَدرُ مُعتَّمٌ بِزيفٍ

كَأستَاذٍ يُزَمَّلُ في بِجَادِ

That moon was clouded with saffron

Like a professor robed in splendor

وصَيَّرَ سَاقَهُ السَّاقِى جُذَاذاً

وإِذَا المِفرَاجُ مُلتَهِب الفُؤَادِ

The cupbearer made its leg smooth

As the wine skin inflamed with passion

وناداةٌ بآج فجاء يجري

وشَلّلَ خشية الدا والفسادِ

And a caller called out softly

Fearing harm and corruption

وعمّر قدرَ أكؤُسهِ وحلّى

وألبسَها بها ثوبِ الحِدادِ

He seasoned the pots of his cups and sweetened them

Dressing them in the clothes of mourning