مَزجتُ ماءَ الكُرومِ

مَزجتُ ماءَ الكُرومِ

بصفِو ماءِ الغُيومِ

بصفِو ماءِ الغُيومِ

I mixed the water of the vines

I mixed the water of vineyards

with the clear water of the clouds,

With the clear water of clouds

حَتَّى إذا لاحَ فيها

حَتَّى إذا لاحَ فيها

كاللُّؤلؤ المنظومِ

كاللُّؤلؤ المنظومِ

until, when it gleamed within it

Until there appeared in it

like pearls strung together,

As pearls well-strung

حَملتها كفَّ ظبي

حَملتها كفَّ ظبي

رَطْبِ البَنان رخيم

رَطْبِ البَنان رخيم

I entrusted it to a gazelle's hand,

I carried it in the palm of a gazelle

soft-fingered, sweet-voiced,

The moisture of tender shoots, mild

كأنّه بدُر تِمٍّ

كأنّه بدُر تِمٍّ

في جُنحِ ليل بهيم

في جُنحِ ليل بهيم

as though he were a full moon

As though it were a full moon

in the darkness of a pitch-black night.

In the wings of a calm night

فقام يَسعَى علينا

فقام يَسعَى علينا

بأكؤسٍ كالنُّجومِ

بأكؤسٍ كالنُّجومِ

Then he rose and went about among us

So he began to serve us

with cups like stars.

With cups like stars

والراحُ فيها ارتياحٌ

والراحُ فيها ارتياحٌ

وَمدفَعٌ للهُموم

وَمدفَعٌ للهُموم

And in wine there is relief

The draught in them comforting

and a means of warding off cares.

And dispelling cares