خَلِياني مِن قَولِ زَيدٍ وَعَمرِو

خَلِياني مِن قَولِ زَيدٍ وَعَمرِو

وَاِسقِياني ما بَينَ عودٍ وَزَمرِ

وَاِسقِياني ما بَينَ عودٍ وَزَمرِ

Spare me the talk of Zayd and Amr.

Leave me be from the talk of Zayd and Amr,

And give me drink amid lute-playing and piping.

And quench my thirst between lute and zither.

وَاِترُكا اليَومَ في مُدامي مَلامي

وَاِترُكا اليَومَ في مُدامي مَلامي

إِنَّ فَرطَ المَلامِ في ذاكَ يُغري

إِنَّ فَرطَ المَلامِ في ذاكَ يُغري

And leave off reproaching me today for my wine.

Let go of blaming me today in my sittings,

For excessive reproach over that only tempts.

For excessive blaming in that allures me.

وَدَعاني مِن سُخطِ مَن رامَ تَخوي

وَدَعاني مِن سُخطِ مَن رامَ تَخوي

في وَزَجري وَهُجرِ مَن دامَ هَجري

في وَزَجري وَهُجرِ مَن دامَ هَجري

And spare me the wrath of one who sought to frighten

And spare me from anger of he who wished to slander,

Me and rebuke me, and the abuse of one who kept shunning me.

In scolding me and estranging he who persisted estranging me.

إِنَّ مَن لا يُطيقُ يُنقِصُ رِزقي

إِنَّ مَن لا يُطيقُ يُنقِصُ رِزقي

لَم يَكُن قادِراً عَلى نَقشِ عُمري

لَم يَكُن قادِراً عَلى نَقشِ عُمري

For one who cannot diminish my sustenance

Indeed, he who cannot endure diminishes my livelihood,

Could not inscribe my lifespan.

He was not able to craft my lifetime.

رُبَّ يَومٍ قَضيتُ فيهِ سُروراً

رُبَّ يَومٍ قَضيتُ فيهِ سُروراً

فَهوَ بِاللَهوِ خَيرٌ مِن أَلفِ شَهرِ

فَهوَ بِاللَهوِ خَيرٌ مِن أَلفِ شَهرِ

Many a day I spent in joy;

Many a day I spent in happiness in it,

So, in its merriment, it is better than a thousand months.

It is, by God, better than a thousand months.

طابَ عَيشي بِكُلِّ لَيلَةِ شَربٍ

طابَ عَيشي بِكُلِّ لَيلَةِ شَربٍ

قَدَّرَت بِالسُرورِ لَيلَةَ قَدرِ

قَدَّرَت بِالسُرورِ لَيلَةَ قَدرِ

My life grew sweet with every night of drinking,

My life is good in every night of drinking

Reckoned in joy a Night of Decree.

That I intended for joy the Night of Power.

فَنَعِمنا بِالحاشِرِيَّةِ حَتّى

فَنَعِمنا بِالحاشِرِيَّةِ حَتّى

خِلتُ نورَ المُدامِ مَطلَعَ فَجرِ

خِلتُ نورَ المُدامِ مَطلَعَ فَجرِ

So we reveled in al-Hashiriyya until

So we had a night of pleasure until

I thought the wine's light was the break of dawn.

I left the light of the wine the rise of dawn.

مَع غَزالٍ عَيناهُ مِن آلِ حَربٍ

مَع غَزالٍ عَيناهُ مِن آلِ حَربٍ

حينَ يَبدو وَالوَجهُ مِن آلِ بَدرِ

حينَ يَبدو وَالوَجهُ مِن آلِ بَدرِ

With a gazelle whose eyes are of Harb's clan,

With a gazelle whose eyes are from the family of Hārb,

When he appears, his face is of Badr's clan.

When it appears and its face from the family of Badr.

يَتَعاطى حُبّي وَيَمزُجُ راحي

يَتَعاطى حُبّي وَيَمزُجُ راحي

وَيُعاطي كَأسي وَيُنشِدُ شِعري

وَيُعاطي كَأسي وَيُنشِدُ شِعري

He partakes of my love and mixes my wine,

It takes my love and mixes my comfort,

And offers my cup and recites my poetry.

And shares my cup and recites my poetry.

في رِياضٍ كَأَنَّما رَصَّعَ القَط

في رِياضٍ كَأَنَّما رَصَّعَ القَط

رُ أَكاليلَها الحُسانَ بَدُرِّ

رُ أَكاليلَها الحُسانَ بَدُرِّ

In gardens, as though the rain had studded

In gardens as though the vine planted

Their lovely garlands with pearls.

Its strands the beauties of full moons.

حَلَّ فيها الرَبيعُ فَالزَهرُ يُبدِ

حَلَّ فيها الرَبيعُ فَالزَهرُ يُبدِ

لَهَباً خِلتُهُ مَشاعِلَ جَمرِ

لَهَباً خِلتُهُ مَشاعِلَ جَمرِ

Spring has settled there, so the blossoms display

Spring settled in it so the flowers reveal

A blaze I took for torches of glowing embers.

Flames whose embers are torches of live coals.

وَبَدا النَرجِسُ المُحَدَّقُ يَحكي

وَبَدا النَرجِسُ المُحَدَّقُ يَحكي

أَشيَباً فَوقَ رَأسِهِ طاسُ تِبرِ

أَشيَباً فَوقَ رَأسِهِ طاسُ تِبرِ

And the ringed narcissus appeared, resembling

And the narcissus with intense looks appears

A gray-haired man with a bowl of gold upon his head.

Telling of gray hair above its head a fillet of musk.

فَدَعَوتُ الساقي لَقَد غَفَلَ الدَه

فَدَعَوتُ الساقي لَقَد غَفَلَ الدَه

رُ فَعَجِّل وَطُف بِكاساتِ خَمرِ

رُ فَعَجِّل وَطُف بِكاساتِ خَمرِ

So I called the cupbearer: "Time has grown heedless;

So I called on the cupbearer for the time forgot,

Hurry, then, and go round with cups of wine!"

"Hurry and circulate cups of wine!"

فَتَباطا بِها فَقُلتُ أَدِرها

فَتَباطا بِها فَقُلتُ أَدِرها

لَستَ ساقي وَلا قُلامَةَ ظِفري

لَستَ ساقي وَلا قُلامَةَ ظِفري

He dallied with them, so I said: "Pass them round!

So he hurried with them and I said, "Pass them around,

You're no cupbearer of mine, nor worth a clipping of my nail!"

You're no cupbearer nor crown of my pride."