وَساقِيَةٍ قَد زَها ريقُها

وَساقِيَةٍ قَد زَها ريقُها

عَلى ما أَراقَتهُ في كاسِها

عَلى ما أَراقَتهُ في كاسِها

And a cupbearer whose saliva surpassed

A cup whose moisture glistens

what she poured into her cup.

From what it pours into its goblet

إِذا الجانُ وَالتاجُ صيغا لَها

إِذا الجانُ وَالتاجُ صيغا لَها

وَلاحا عَلَيهِ لِجُلّاسِها

وَلاحا عَلَيهِ لِجُلّاسِها

When the serpent ornament and crown were fashioned for her,

When the gems and crown are fashioned for it

and both gleamed upon it before her companions,

And gleam upon it for its washer

حَسِبتَ الهِلالَ عَلى نَحرِها

حَسِبتَ الهِلالَ عَلى نَحرِها

وَخِلتَ الثُرَيّا عَلى راسِها

وَخِلتَ الثُرَيّا عَلى راسِها

you thought the crescent moon lay upon her throat,

You'd think the crescent moon was at its throat

and imagined the Pleiades upon her head.

With the Pleiades upon its head