أَلَسْتَ تَرى الظَّلامَ وقَدْ تَوَلّى

أَلَسْتَ تَرى الظَّلامَ وقَدْ تَوَلّى

وعُنْقودَ الثُّرَيّا وقَدْ تَدَلّى

وعُنْقودَ الثُّرَيّا وقَدْ تَدَلّى

Do you not see the darkness now departed,

Do you not see the darkness as it departs

and the cluster of the Pleiades hanging low?

And the Pleiades as they hang low?

فَدونَكَ قَهْوَةً لَمْ يُبْقَ مِنْها

فَدونَكَ قَهْوَةً لَمْ يُبْقَ مِنْها

تَقادُمُ عَهْدِها إِلاَّ الأَقَلاَّ

تَقادُمُ عَهْدِها إِلاَّ الأَقَلاَّ

So take wine, of which nothing has been left

So brew a coffee whose age remains

by its long aging except the smallest amount.

Only its grounds.

بَزَلْنا دَنَّها واللَّيْلُ داجٍ

بَزَلْنا دَنَّها واللَّيْلُ داجٍ

فَصَيَّرَتِ الدُّجى شَمْساً وظِلاَّ

فَصَيَّرَتِ الدُّجى شَمْساً وظِلاَّ

We tapped its jar while the night was dark;

We slipped closer as the night grew dim

then it turned the darkness into sun and shade.

And the gloom made a sun and shade.