أَدِر يا نَديمي عَلَينا عُقارا

تَزيدُ الهَوى وَتُزيلُ الوَقارا

Turn to us, my boon companion, with a drink

That increases desire and removes dignity

يَفوحُ لَنا المِسكُ مِن دَنِّها

وَقَد جاوَرَت فيهِ زِفتاً وَقارا

The musk emanates from her mouth to us

And she has dwelled among dignity and honor

هِيَ اللَيلُ في دَنِّها ظُلمَةً

إِذا بَرَزَت فيهِ صارَت نَهارا

She is the night in her nearness, darkness

When she appears in it, she becomes daylight

سبتها التجارُ فَجاءوا بِها

إِلى الشَربِ من صَيدنا يا وقارا

The merchants sought her out and brought her

To our hunting ground to drink, O honorable one

فَقُم وَاِسقِني مِن بَناتِ الكُرومِ

عَلى طِفلَةٍ مِن بَناتِ النَصارى

So get up and serve me from the grapes’ daughters

On a Christian girl with a slender waist

تَظَلَّمَ مِن رِدفِها خَصرُها

لَقَد حافَ ظُلماً عَلَيهِ وَجارا

Her hips complained of its saddlebags’ darkness

It was so dark that it persecuted and confined them

فَهاتِ مُداماً تُداوي الخُمارا

إِذا صَرَعت شارِبيها خُمارا

So bring a wine that heals intoxication

When it fells its drinkers intoxicated

وَلا خَيرَ إِلا اِحتِساءُ المُدامِ

وَقَد قيلَ ما الناسُ إِلا السُكارى

There is no good except becoming drunk on wine

And it's said, what are people but drunk?

فَما أَطيَبَ الشُّربَ لا سِيَّما

عَلى الوَردِ مِثلَ خُدودِ العَذارى

So how good is drinking wine especially

On roses like the cheeks of maidens

تَصاعَدُ في الجَوِّ أَنفاسُهُ

فَيَرجِعُ وِرقاً عَلَينا نِثارا

Its breath rises into the air

And returns upon us scattered petals

وَنَطمَعُ بِالعَفوِ مِن رَبِّنا

وَمن يَستَجِر بِكَريمٍ يجارا

And we hope for forgiveness from our Lord

Whoever seeks refuge in the generous will find refuge