شَرِبنا كأسَ من نهوى جِهاراً

شَرِبنا كأسَ من نهوى جِهاراً

فهمنا عندَ رؤيته حيارى

فهمنا عندَ رؤيته حيارى

We drank our beloved’s cup openly;

We openly drank the cup of the one we love.

At the sight of him, we understood—bewildered.

So, upon seeing him, we wandered bewildered.

وشاهدنا بها السَّاقي تجلىَّ

وشاهدنا بها السَّاقي تجلىَّ

فصرنا من تجليهِّ سكارى

فصرنا من تجليهِّ سكارى

Through it we beheld the cupbearer reveal himself,

And in it we beheld the cupbearer reveal himself.

And through his self-revelation we became intoxicated.

So we became drunk from his self-revelation.

طلبنا الأمن من ساقي الحُمَيَّا

طلبنا الأمن من ساقي الحُمَيَّا

فنادى لا حجابَ ولا ستارا

فنادى لا حجابَ ولا ستارا

We sought safety from the cupbearer of the fiery wine,

We sought safety from the cupbearer of strong wine.

But he cried, “There is no veil, no curtain!”

So he called out: “No veil and no curtain!”

رأينا الكاس في الحانات تُجْلَى

رأينا الكاس في الحانات تُجْلَى

ظننا أنَّ في الكاساتِ نارا

ظننا أنَّ في الكاساتِ نارا

We saw the cup unveiled in the taverns;

We saw the cup being polished in the taverns.

We thought it fire within the goblets.

We thought there was fire in the cups.