الحُبُّ وَالخَمرُ
يا لَيلَ وَالشِعرُ
Love and wine
O night, and poetry
ثالوثُنا
البكرُ
Our trinity
Everlasting
كانَ الهَوى قَبلَنا
مِن بَعضِ ما يُقتَنى
Before us was passion
Among what can be possessed
وَخدعَةً في اللِسان
وَالشِعر يا لَيلَ كان
And lies upon the tongue
Poetry, O night, was
شيطانُه بِهلَوان
حَتّى تَغَنّى بِنا
A jester of deceit
Until it sang of us
جِئنا فَجاءَ الخَيال
معطَّراً بِالجَمال
We came and imagination arrived
Scented with beauty
مُلَوَّناً بِالسنى
هذي الرُبى مَن تَكون
Colored with bliss
Who is this delight,
يا لَيلَ إِلّا عُيون
تَرنو هُياماً لَنا
O night, but eyes
That pine madly for us
جِئنا فَصارَ الزَمان
بِحُبِّنا مِهرَجان
We came and time became
A festival of our love
وَالأَرضُ صارَت جَنى
لا تَنظُري فَالسَماء
And the earth became paradise
Look not to the sky
مَحجوبَةٌ بِالدِماء
وَالجَهلُ يَرعى الوَرى
Veiled by blood
And ignorance shepherds creation
أَما بَنَينا بِناء
يا لَيلَ فَوقَ الفَناء
For we built, O night,
Above transience
فيهِ السَما وَالثَرى
وَالحُبُّ وَالخَمرُ
A place with heaven and earth
Love and wine
يا لَيلَ وَالشِعرُ
ثالوثُنا
O night, and poetry
Our trinity
البكرُ
Everlasting
