حثَّ الكؤوسَ رَوِيَّهْ

على رُوَاءِ البساتينْ

He urged the cups on the irrigation

of the gardens

مِنْ قهوةٍ بابلية

أرقَّ من دمْع مَحزُونْ

With Babylonian coffee

More delicate than the tear of a sorrowful one

باللهِ قُمْ يا نديمْ

وأنتَ خيرُ نديم

For God's sake rise up oh boon companion

And you are the best boon companion

باكرْ بناتِ الكرومْ

حياةَ كلٍّ كريمْ

Early with the daughters of the vineyards

The life of each noble one

من كفِّ ظبيٍ رخيم

وأيِّ ظبيٍ رخيم

From the palm of a gentle gazelle

And which gentle gazelle

ذو غُرَّة قَمَرِيَّه

يَرْنُو بألحاظِ شاهينْ

With a crescent moon charm

That aspires with the glances of a falcon

لما رأى الحُسنُ زِيَّه

صَبَا إليه على الحِينْ

When beauty saw its adornment

It inclined toward it straightaway