فَما حَرَّمَ الرَحمَنُ مِن تمرِ عجوةٍ

فَما حَرَّمَ الرَحمَنُ مِن تمرِ عجوةٍ

وَلا ما سَقانا من ركيَّتِهِ سَعدُ

وَلا ما سَقانا من ركيَّتِهِ سَعدُ

For the All-Merciful has not forbidden ʿAjwa dates,

What the Merciful forbade not of luscious dates,

The Merciful never forbade the Ajwa dates,

Nor what Saʿd gave us to drink from his well.

Nor the wine He gave us from his generosity to drink,

Nor what Sa'd gave us to drink from his well.

إِذا طرحا في الدَنِّ أخرجَ مِنهُما

إِذا طرحا في الدَنِّ أخرجَ مِنهُما

شَرابٌ يَروقُ العينَ منظرهُ وَردُ

شَرابٌ يَروقُ العينَ منظرهُ وَردُ

When both are put into the wine jar, from them is drawn

When both are cast into the bowl, there comes forth

When both are cast into the cask, they yield

A drink that delights the eye with its rose-red appearance.

A beverage, sight of which delights the eye like a rose.

A rosy drink whose sight delights the eye.

نباكِر أخذ الكأسِ حَتّى كَأَنَّنا

نباكِر أخذ الكأسِ حَتّى كَأَنَّنا

نَرى في الضُحى أَطنابَ خيمتنا تَعدو

نَرى في الضُحى أَطنابَ خيمتنا تَعدو

We begin taking the cup early, until it is as though we

Maidens take up the goblets till it seems as though

We rise early to take up the cup, until it seems as if we

See, in the forenoon, the ropes of our tent running.

We see at dawn the tent-ropes of our camp marching on.

See the ropes of our tent running away in the mid-morning.