ساقي المدام فزند الشوق قد قدحا

قم واسقنيها سلافاً واملُ لي القدحا

O server of wine, desire has kindled longing

Arise and serve it to me gently and fill my cup

وعاطينها صبوحاً كالصباح لقد

رق النسيم وراقت والزمان صحا

And give it to me in the morning like the dawn

The breeze blew gently and the time awoke

واخلع عذارك إذ تجلى عليك ولا

تطع مقالة لاحٍ لام أو نصحا

Take off your veil as glory is revealed to you

Do not heed the words of a blamer or advisor

فإنما الراح راحات النفوس فقم

واغنم من العيش واللذات ما منحا

For comfort is only the comfort of souls, arise

And gain from life and pleasures what it grants

وباكر الروض وانشق عرفه سحراً

واجلُ الكؤوس وخذها بكرةً وضحا

Go early to the garden, at dawn split open its fragrance

Bring and take the cups early at daybreak

بكراً معتقة شحطاءَ محدثةً

عهد السرور لصبِ هام واصطبحا

Early bringing matured, freshly fermented wine

That makes the soul rapturous and intoxicated

مدامةً أطلقت فوق الكؤوس لنا

من الحباب نجوماً أشرقت فرحا

Wine that unleashed over the cups for us

From its bubbles stars that shone with joy

دخلت حانتها ليلاً أطوف بها

فاشرق الدن صبحاً والشذا نفحا

I entered its tavern at night, wandering

So dawn shone and the meadows bloomed

فكال خمارها من دنه ذهباً

وكلته فضةً تاللَه ما ربحا

Its wineskin was made of its ferment like gold

And its strainer of silver with holes profiting it

كم ليلةٍ بتها والكاس دائرةٌ

يديرها أهيف كالظبي ان سرحا

How many nights did I spend with it, the cup passing

Circling, poured by a tender gazelle grazing

مهفهفٌ مائس الأعطاف معتدلٌ

بلين قامته غصن النقا فضحا

Swaying, soft of limbs, a supple branch of willow

In the morning, its slender figure the dawn revealed

ساقٍ تداوي الحشا أقداح خمرته

لكنه بسهام اللحظ قد جرحا

A cup-bearer who heals lovesickness, though his wine’s arrows

Have wounded me, but his glances have also healed

أذاع وجدي به سحار مقلته

والحب أحسنه ما كان مفتضحا

He spread my fervor with his intoxicating eyelashes

And the finest thing about love is when it is bare

عذاره الذهبي روحي به ذهبت

وجفنه الأدعج السفاح قد سفحا

His golden veil, my soul it took away

And his languid lid, the lid of the hungover, it poured away

تريك غرته من تحت طرته

ليلاً وصبحاً معاً جل الذي منحا

You see under his forelock his love-craze

Night and day together, the best of what it granted

أصبحت لا أرعوي عن حبه أبداً

ولا أراعي عذولاً لامني ولحا

I have become not ceasing love of him ever

And not heeding any reproacher blaming me

اسلو محبته أن اسلو مدح أخي

عزٍ لغير اكتساب الحمد ما جنحا

I busy myself with love of him, busying myself with praising a brother

Honor not for gaining praise what inclined

أعني الأمير الذي من فيض راحته

سحايب الجود تهمي كلما سمحا

I mean the Prince whom from the excess of his comfort

My clouds of generosity pour whenever allowed

مولى كريم سما قدراً أو طاب سناً

ومنعمٌ من تراث المجد قد رجحا

A noble master, his decree excellent or his era prosperous

And bestower from the inheritance of glory predominant

بشير نصرٍ أرانا بدرُ طلعته

شهاب سعدٍ أفلاك العلى لمحا

Bringer of victory, his rising sun we saw

A fortunate star, the highest heavens glared

ليث تذيب العدى رعباً مهابته

ان هز صارمه البتار أو رمحا

A lion who melts the enemies in awe, his might

If he shook his sharp sword or threw a spear

صافي السريرة هاجت خواطره

لنيل مكرمةٍ إلّا بها نجحا

Sincere, his thoughts roused

To gain glory but through it succeed

يغرد العدل في ساحاته طرباً

ويرتع الأمن في روضاته مرحا

Justice sings joyfully in his plains

And security grazes blissfully in his meadows

كم مجرمٍ بات ظمآناً بسطوته

ومعدمٍ في ندى كفيه قد سجا

How many criminals spent the night thirsty by his power

And many poor soaked by the dew of his palms

أضحت له رتب العلياءِ زاهرةً

لما تردى بثوب المجد واتشحا

The highest ranks became flourishing for him

When he cloaked himself in the garb of glory

عم الانام سروراً تود رتبته

وإن تكن هجمت فالعز ما جمحا

The people filled with joy at his position

And if it were attacked, honor cannot be erased

ما فارقته قلىً بل أظهرت حكماً

وطرفها لسواه قط ما طمحا

It did not leave my heart, rather it showed wisdom

And its edge was never for another ambitious

إليك أهدي الهنا يا من بسودده

كاس المسرة والأفراح قد طفحا

To you I gift this delight, O you who cheers with it

The cup of joy and celebration overflowed

بخلعة زفها مجدٌ وجاء بها

سعدٌ فلا زال يجلوها ولا برحا

With a robe its glory brought, and prosperity came with it

Continually gracing it and not moving on

غراء جاءت تنادي وهي باسمةٌ

إن الصباح لذي عينين قد وضحا

Radiant it came calling, smiling

That the morning for eyes has become clear

فافتر ثغر المعالي عند ما ابتسمت

لك الأماني وراق الدهر واصطحا

So relax the lips of glory when wishes smile

For you and time becomes gentle and awakes

واقبلت بنت فكر تنجلي طرباً

من خادمٍ مخلصٍ هنّا وقد مدحا

And the daughter of thought came happy to serve

A loyal servant praising you here

هبها القبول ودم بالنصر ذا سلمٍ

ما طائرٌ فوق أفنان الربى صدحا

Accept it and stay with victory and secure peace

No bird above the land’s branches louder sang