وأَغْيَدَ رَوَّتْهُ المُدامَةُ فَانْثَنى

وأَغْيَدَ رَوَّتْهُ المُدامَةُ فَانْثَنى

كَما يَنْثَني مِنْ رَيِّهِ الغُصُنُ الغَضُّ

كَما يَنْثَني مِنْ رَيِّهِ الغُصُنُ الغَضُّ

And a supple youth, his thirst slaked by wine, swayed,

The cupbearer has watered it with wine, and so it bent over

As the tender branch bends from being well watered.

As a tender branch bends over from the rain

دَعَوْتُ إِلَيْها وَهْوَ في دَعْوَةِ الكَرى

دَعَوْتُ إِلَيْها وَهْوَ في دَعْوَةِ الكَرى

وقَدْ أَخَذَتْ في خَلْعِ أَسْوَدِها الأَرْضُ

وقَدْ أَخَذَتْ في خَلْعِ أَسْوَدِها الأَرْضُ

I invited him to it while sleep was calling him,

I called upon her while she was in the embrace of the vineyard

And the earth had begun to cast off its black garb.

And the earth had begun to strip off its dark clothes

فَقامَ وفي أَعْطافِهِ فَضْلُ سَكْرَةٍ

فَقامَ وفي أَعْطافِهِ فَضْلُ سَكْرَةٍ

وفي عَيْنِهِ مِنْ وَرْدِ وَجْنَتِهِ بَعْضُ

وفي عَيْنِهِ مِنْ وَرْدِ وَجْنَتِهِ بَعْضُ

So he rose, with lingering drunkenness in his limbs,

So he got up with the remnants of drunkenness in his sides

And in his eye was some of the rose of his cheek.

And in his eyes some of the roses and gardens