بادِرِ الكَأسَ نَهارا

وَاِشرَبِ الراحَ العُقارا

Serve the cup in daylight

Hasten to the goblet while it is day,

And drink the aromatic wine

And drink the potent vintage, old and rare;

وَاِسقِنيها مِثلَما تَش

رَبُها كَيلاً عِيارا

Pour it for me as freely as it pours

And pour for me exactly as you drink,

In measures of precise gauge

A measured cup, an equal, honest share.

خَندَريساً تَنفَحُ المِس

كَ وَتَحكي الجُلَّنارا

Jasmine-scented, exhaling musk

An ancient wine diffusing scent of musk,

And telling of the wine-steward

That mimics pomegranate blooms in red;

فَإِذا أَكثَرتَ فيها ال

ماءَ زادَتكَ خُمارا

If you add more water to it

For if you drown it heavily with water,

It will only increase your tipsiness

It only brings a sickness to the head.

فَاِمضِ في اللَذّاتِ قُدماً

وَاِخلَعَن فيها العِذارا

Go ahead into pleasures, forward

So plunge right on into the path of joy,

And cast off all inhibitions

And cast away the bridle of restraint;

وَاِجعَلِ البُستانَ بَيتاً

وَاِجعَلِ القَريَةَ دارا

Make the garden your house

And make the garden orchard your abode,

And make the village your home

And make the village your true dwelling place.

وَأَطِر فيها حَماماً

وَاِرتَبِط فيها المَهارى

Set up a bathhouse in it

And fly the cooing pigeons in its midst,

And get connected with the professionals

And tether there the foals of noble race.

وَإِذا كانَ قِطافٌ

وَتَوَقَّعتَ العُصارا

And when it's time for harvest

And when the harvest season comes around,

And you expect juice extraction

And you anticipate the pressed-out juice,

فَاِطبُخِ الراحَ بِشَمسٍ

فَكَفى بِالشَمسِ نارا

Cook the wine with the sun

Then cook the wine beneath the open sky—

For the sun is fire enough

The sun is fire enough for such a use.