في الكأس ما يزدهي به العنب

في الكأس ما يزدهي به العنب

تيهاً إذا ما إليه ينتسب

تيهاً إذا ما إليه ينتسب

In the cup is that in which the grape glories,

The cup contains a wine that graces the grape,

proudly, whenever it claims kinship with it.

Wandering when attributed to it,

رب اب نال بابنه شرفاً

رب اب نال بابنه شرفاً

يقصر عنه النجار والحسب

يقصر عنه النجار والحسب

Many a father has gained through his son an honor

A father attained honor through his son,

beyond the reach of lineage and ancestral merit.

Beyond the carpenter's and the noble's reach.

غبوقها يسلب العقول وفي

غبوقها يسلب العقول وفي

صبوحها عائد لنا السلب

صبوحها عائد لنا السلب

Its evening draught steals our wits, and in

Its intoxication steals minds, while its

its morning draught, what was stolen returns to us.

Sobriety returns to us the theft.

تذهب هم المقل حين يرى

تذهب هم المقل حين يرى

كأس لجين طلاعها ذهب

كأس لجين طلاعها ذهب

It dispels the poor man's care when he sees

The worries of the afflicted leave when he sees

a silver cup filled to the brim with gold.

A cup whose rising is gold.

اسماؤها جمة وأحسنها

اسماؤها جمة وأحسنها

عندي سرور النديم والطرب

عندي سرور النديم والطرب

Its names are many, and the finest of them

Its names are many, but the best in my view

to me are 'the drinking companion's joy' and 'rapture.'

Is the joy of the friend and music.

وما الذ المدام يمزجها

وما الذ المدام يمزجها

بمثلها ما تضمن الشنب

بمثلها ما تضمن الشنب

And how delicious the wine, mingled

Nothing mixes with wine like it,

with its like—what cool, pearly teeth enclose!

Of what the vine contains.

مفلج الثغر في مقبله

مفلج الثغر في مقبله

عذب رضاب كأنه ضرب

عذب رضاب كأنه ضرب

His teeth are finely spaced; upon his lips

A mouth smiler in its approach,

is sweet saliva, as though it were white honey.

Sweet, gentle, as if struck.

وساحر الطرف من لواحظه

وساحر الطرف من لواحظه

قد استعارت مضاءها القضب

قد استعارت مضاءها القضب

And enchanting is his gaze; from his sidelong glances

An enchanting glance from its observer,

the swords have borrowed their keenness.

Who borrowed its radiance from embers.

تملك الحسن والجمال ففي

تملك الحسن والجمال ففي

الغيد من الحسن بعض ما يهب

الغيد من الحسن بعض ما يهب

He possesses loveliness and beauty; so among

It possesses beauty and grace, so in

the graceful beauties is but some of the loveliness he bestows.

The vine some of what it grants.

مر الجفا حلوة شمائله

مر الجفا حلوة شمائله

وكل حب عذابه عذب

وكل حب عذابه عذب

Bitter is his aloofness, sweet are his ways;

The harshness of estrangement is sweetened by its traits,

and every love's torment is sweet.

And every beloved agony is sweet.

هندية لم تزل لواحظه

هندية لم تزل لواحظه

وقد نمته الغطارف العرب

وقد نمته الغطارف العرب

His glances have always been Indian blades,

Indian, its glances have not ceased

though he springs from noble Arab lords.

To be groomed by Arabic eyelids.

قم هاتها هاتها معتقه

قم هاتها هاتها معتقه

اتت عليها الدهور والحقب

اتت عليها الدهور والحقب

Rise! Bring it, bring it well aged—

Rise, bring it here, bring it here in dedication,

ages and epochs have passed over it.

Eras and epochs have passed over it.

شمس مدام يسعى بها قمر

شمس مدام يسعى بها قمر

على ندامى كأنها شهب

على ندامى كأنها شهب

A sun of wine, borne around by a moon

A sun of wine, a moon is striving with it,

among drinking companions who seem like shooting stars.

Over late regrets as if they were embers.

يخالها في الكؤوس مبصرها

يخالها في الكؤوس مبصرها

سماء تبر نجومها الحبب

سماء تبر نجومها الحبب

Whoever sees it in the cups imagines it

Its observer imagines it in cups

a sky of gold whose stars are bubbles.

A sky with its stars being the seeds.