نحِّ كَأسَ الغرامِ إِنّي سُقيتُ

نحِّ كَأسَ الغرامِ إِنّي سُقيتُ

بِمُدامِ السُلُوِّ حتى رَويتُ

بِمُدامِ السُلُوِّ حتى رَويتُ

Set aside the cup of passion; I have been given drink

Pour me a cup of love, for I have been

Of the wine of forgetting, until I drank my fill.

Given to drink of gentle rapture, till I'm filled.

لم يزَل بي ساقى التَسَلّي يُساقي

لم يزَل بي ساقى التَسَلّي يُساقي

ني كُئوساً من بعدِها ما ظَميتُ

ني كُئوساً من بعدِها ما ظَميتُ

The cupbearer of solace kept plying

Still the cupbearer of consolation gives me to drink,

Me with cups after which I never thirsted.

Cup after cup, whence senses reel and flow.

أيُّها التائهُ المُدلُّ علَينا

أيُّها التائهُ المُدلُّ علَينا

وَيكَ قُل لي من أَنتَ إنّي نَسيتُ

وَيكَ قُل لي من أَنتَ إنّي نَسيتُ

O you arrogant one, lording it over us!

O wanderer who has found his way to us,

Woe to you! Tell me who you are; I have forgotten.

Speak, who are you? For I've forgotten quite.

لو فَرَشتَ الطريقَ دُرّاً لِأَحظو

لو فَرَشتَ الطريقَ دُرّاً لِأَحظو

فَوقَهُ نحوَ داركُم ما رَضيتُ

فَوقَهُ نحوَ داركُم ما رَضيتُ

Even if you paved the road with pearls so I might step

If you would carpet the road with pearls

Upon it toward your house, I would not consent.

Leading to your house, I would not be pleased.

أنا أَغنى من أن يُقالَ فُلانٌ

أنا أَغنى من أن يُقالَ فُلانٌ

وَفلانٌ تَزاورا ما حييتُ

وَفلانٌ تَزاورا ما حييتُ

I have no need for it to be said, 'So-and-so

I'm too proud for it to be said that someone

And so-and-so exchanged visits'—as long as I live.

And someone visit while I breathe and live.