وَكَأسِ أُنسٍ قَد جَلَتها المُنى

وَكَأسِ أُنسٍ قَد جَلَتها المُنى

فَباتَتِ النَفسُ بِها مُعرِسَه

فَباتَتِ النَفسُ بِها مُعرِسَه

And a cup of convivial joy that hopes had burnished,

And a cup of conviviality that wishes have fulfilled,

So the soul spent the night resting beside it.

So the soul has spent the night being its bride.

طافَ بِها أَسوَدُ مُحدَودِبٌ

طافَ بِها أَسوَدُ مُحدَودِبٌ

يُطرِبُ مَن يَلهو بِهِ مَجلِسَه

يُطرِبُ مَن يَلهو بِهِ مَجلِسَه

A black hunchback went round with it;

A tame black lion has circled it,

Whoever makes merry with him delights his gathering.

Disturbing whoever toys with it in his sitting place.

فَخِلتُهُ مِن سَبَجٍ رَبوَةً

فَخِلتُهُ مِن سَبَجٍ رَبوَةً

قَد أَنبَتَت مِن ذَهَبٍ نَرجِسَه

قَد أَنبَتَت مِن ذَهَبٍ نَرجِسَه

So I fancied him a hillock of jet

So I left it because of a splendid magnificence,

That had sprouted a narcissus of gold.

That has grown narcissus flowers from gold.