قَضَتْ خَمْرُ الثُّغُورِ

قَضَتْ خَمْرُ الثُّغُورِ

بِفِطْرِ الصَّائِمِينَا

بِفِطْرِ الصَّائِمِينَا

The wine of lips decreed

The wine of the lips has decreed

that those who fast should break their fast,

the breaking of the fast for those who fast,

وَصَوْمِ الْمُفْطِرِينَا

وَصَوْمِ الْمُفْطِرِينَا

قَضَى صَرْفُ الدُّهُورِ

قَضَى صَرْفُ الدُّهُورِ

and those who do not fast should fast.

and the fasting of those who break their fast.

Time's vicissitudes decreed

The turning of time has decreed

بِبَيْنِ الْعَاشِقِينَا

بِبَيْنِ الْعَاشِقِينَا

وَحَيْنِ الْبَائِنِينَا

وَحَيْنِ الْبَائِنِينَا

the separation of lovers

the separation of lovers,

and death for those who part.

and the doom of those separated.

وَرُبَّ فَتًى يُهَابُ

وَرُبَّ فَتًى يُهَابُ

جَلِيلٌ فِي النُّفُوسِ

جَلِيلٌ فِي النُّفُوسِ

And many a youth held in awe,

And many a feared youth,

revered in people's hearts,

majestic in the hearts of men,

يُذَلِّلُهُ الشَّبَابُ

يُذَلِّلُهُ الشَّبَابُ

إِلَى ظَبْيٍ شَمُوسِ

إِلَى ظَبْيٍ شَمُوسِ

is made by youth to yield

is humbled by youth

to a skittish gazelle,

before a wild, untamed gazelle,

أَغَنُّ لَهُ رُضَابُ

أَغَنُّ لَهُ رُضَابُ

أَلَذُّ مِنَ الشَّمُوسِ

أَلَذُّ مِنَ الشَّمُوسِ

sweet-voiced, whose saliva

sweet-voiced, whose nectar

is sweeter than heady wine.

is sweeter than the finest wine;

بِلَحْظٍ ذِي فُتُورِ

بِلَحْظٍ ذِي فُتُورِ

يَرُوعُ الآمِنِيناَ

يَرُوعُ الآمِنِيناَ

With a languid glance,

with a languid glance

he startles those who feel safe

that terrifies those who are secure,

وَيَسْبِي الْنَّاسِكِينَا

وَيَسْبِي الْنَّاسِكِينَا

أَلاَ بِأَبِي سَنِيعُ

أَلاَ بِأَبِي سَنِيعُ

and takes ascetics captive.

and captivates the ascetics.

Ah, may my father ransom a fair one,

Oh, may my father ransom the handsome one,

بَدِيعٌ فِي الصِّفَاتِ

بَدِيعٌ فِي الصِّفَاتِ

لَهُ صَبَغَ النَّجِيعُ

لَهُ صَبَغَ النَّجِيعُ

wondrous in his qualities!

marvelous in his attributes,

Crimson blood has tinted his

for whom crimson blood has dyed

خُدُوداً مُذْهِبَاتِ

خُدُوداً مُذْهِبَاتِ

يَسِيغُ بِهَا الْخَلِيعُ

يَسِيغُ بِهَا الْخَلِيعُ

ravishing cheeks;

his gilded cheeks;

with them, the libertine drinks down

by which the reckless man easily drinks

كُؤُوساً مُتْرَعَاتِ

كُؤُوساً مُتْرَعَاتِ

تُنَشِّطُ لِلسُّرًورِ

تُنَشِّطُ لِلسُّرًورِ

cups filled to the brim,

brimming cups

which stir one to joy

that awaken the spirit to joy

وَتُسْلِي الْوَالِهِينَا

وَتُسْلِي الْوَالِهِينَا

بِرَغْمِ الْحَاسِدِينَا

بِرَغْمِ الْحَاسِدِينَا

and console the lovesick,

and console the deeply enamored,

despite the envious.

despite the envious ones.

فَكَاسَاتُ الْحُمِيَّا

فَكَاسَاتُ الْحُمِيَّا

بِرَاحَاتِ الْغَوَانِي

بِرَاحَاتِ الْغَوَانِي

For cups of heady wine

So the cups of strong wine

in beautiful women's palms,

in the palms of beautiful maidens,

وَتَوْرِيدُ الْمُحَيَّا

وَتَوْرِيدُ الْمُحَيَّا

وَتَرْدِيدُ الْمَثَانِِي

وَتَرْدِيدُ الْمَثَانِِي

and the rosy glow of the face,

the blushing of the face,

and the repeated sounding of lute strings,

and the echoing of the lute strings,

وَسَاقٌ كَالثُّرَيَّا

وَسَاقٌ كَالثُّرَيَّا

تُسَلِّي كُلَّ عَانِي

تُسَلِّي كُلَّ عَانِي

and a cupbearer like the Pleiades,

and a cupbearer like the Pleiades

soothe every captive

comfort every suffering captive,

وَتَدْعُو لِلْحُبُورِ

وَتَدْعُو لِلْحُبُورِ

وَعَذْلُ الْعَاذِلِينَا

وَعَذْلُ الْعَاذِلِينَا

and call to gladness.

and call to delight,

And the reproach of reproachers

while the reproach of the blamers

كَجَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِينَا

كَجَهْلِ الْجَاهِلِينَا

is like the ignorance of the ignorant.

is but the ignorance of the ignorant.