اِشرَب وَسَقِّ الحَبيبَ يا ساقي

وَسَقِّني فَضلَ كَأسِهِ الباقي

Drink and serve the beloved, O cupbearer

Drink, and pour for the beloved, O cupbearer,

And serve me what remains of his cup

And serve me the rest of his remaining cup.

وَسَقِّهِ فَضلَ ما أُخَلِّفُهُ

في الكَأسِ عَمداً بِغَيرِ إِشفاقِ

And serve him what I deliberately leave

Then serve him the remnant that I leave behind,

In the cup, without regret

Left within the goblet by design, unsparingly.

أَشرَبُ مِن فَضلِهِ وَيَشرَبُ مِن

فَضلي كَذا فِعلَ كُلِّ مُشتاقِ

I drink from his remainder and he drinks from

I drink from his surplus, and he drinks from mine—

My remainder, so has done every lover

Such is the deed of every yearning lover.

جِئتَ رَسولاً فَصِرتَ ساقينا

حُيِّيتَ مِن مُرسَلٍ وَمِن ساقِ

You came as a messenger but became our cupbearer

You came as a messenger, yet became our cupbearer;

Greetings from the sender and from the bearer

Hail to you as envoy and as pouring hand.