يا سُلَيمانُ غَنِّني

وَمِنَ الراحِ فَاِسقِني

O Sulaiman, sing to me

O Sulayman, sing to me,

And pour me some wine

And give me wine to drink.

ما تَرى الصُبحَ قَد بَدا

في إِزارٍ مُتَبَّنِ

For dawn has appeared

Do you not see the morning has appeared,

In a striped cloak

In a mantle of straw-pale hue?

فَإِذا دارَتِ الزُجا

جَةُ خُذها وَأَعطِني

So if the pitcher comes around

So when the glass goes round,

Take it and give it to me

Take it and pass it to me.

عاطِني كَأسَ سَلوَةٍ

عَن أَذانِ المُؤَذِّنِ

Give me a cup of solace

Hand me the cup of solace,

From the call of the muezzin

To banish the muezzin's call.

اِسقِني الخَمرَ جَهرَةً

وَأَلِطني وَأَزنِني

Pour me wine openly

Give me wine to drink in open sight,

Clothe me, weigh me down

And brand me with sodomy and sin.