يَومُنا يَومٌ مَطيرُ

وَلَنا كَأسٌ تَدورُ

Our day is a rainy day

And we have a cup that goes around

وَمُقامٌ تَحسَبُ الأَر

ضَ بِنا فيهِ تَسيرُ

And a place where the earth thinks

We travel upon it

أَخَذَت مِنّا عُقارٌ

أَخَذَت مِنها الدُهورُ

A potion has taken from us

And the ages have taken from it

لَطُفَت بِالدَنِّ حَتّى

قيلَ سِرٌّ وَضَميرُ

It was gentle with the base until

It was said a secret and a conscience

فَنِيَت إِلّا يَسيراً

كُلُّها ذاكَ اليَسيرُ

So it faded except a little

All of it was that little

فَهِيَ في الكاساتِ نارٌ

وَهِيَ في الأَحشاءِ نورُ

So it is fire in the cups

And it is light in the intestines

وَكَأَنَّ الكَأَس حَقٌّ

وَكَأَنَّ الراحَ زورُ

And it is as if the cup is true

And it is as if the comfort is false

وَمِنَ الرَيحانِ وَالأَز

هارِ غَضٌّ وَنَضيرُ

And from the basil and flowers

Is green and blossoming

وَنَدامى بِهِمُ العَي

شُ كَما قيلَ قَصيرُ

And our companions in it are life

As it is said, short

وَسُقاةٌ مِثلَ ما نَه

وى شُموسٌ وَبُدورُ

And cupbearers like what we desire

Suns and full moons

وَمُغَنٍّ هُوَ فيما

يَحسَبُ الناسُ أَميرُ

And a singer who in what

People think is a prince

ما لَهُ فيما يُغَنّي

هِ مِنَ الظُرفِ نَظيرُ

Has no peer in what he sings

And when he sings the earth

وَإِذا غَنّى تَموجُ ال

أَرضُ مِنهُ وَتَمورُ

Billows from him and rages

And he if you wish is wealthy

وَهُوَ إِن شِئتَ غَنِيٌّ

وَهُوَ إِن شِئتَ فَقيرُ

And he if you wish is poor

And the people disappear in the sitting

وَيَغيبُ القَومُ في المَج

لِسِ وَالقَومُ حُضورُ

And the people are present

And we have a cook who is neat

وَلَنا طاهٍ نَظيفٌ

وَظَريفٌ وَخَبيرُ

And gentle and expert

And pots that bubbled so

وَقُدورٌ هَدَرَت فَه

يَ عَلى الجَمرِ تَفورُ

They overflow on the embers

A sitting - if you visit us in it

مَجلِسٌ إِن زُرتَنا في

هِ فَقَد تَمَّ السُرورُ

Then happiness is complete

All you seek in it

كُلُ ما تَطلُبُهُ في

هِ مَليحٌ وَكَثيرُ

Is beautiful and plentiful