اِسقِياني الحَرامَ قَبلَ الحَلالِ

اِسقِياني الحَرامَ قَبلَ الحَلالِ

وَدَعاني مِن دارِسِ الأَطلالِ

وَدَعاني مِن دارِسِ الأَطلالِ

Give me the forbidden before the lawful, you two;

Pour for me the forbidden draught before the lawful,

and spare me the effaced ruins.

And spare me the talk of effaced ruins.

إِنَّما العَيشُ في مُباكَرَةِ الخَم

إِنَّما العَيشُ في مُباكَرَةِ الخَم

رِ وَسُكرٍ يَدومُ في كُلِّ حالِ

رِ وَسُكرٍ يَدومُ في كُلِّ حالِ

True life lies only in drinking wine at dawn,

For true life lies in the early pursuit of wine,

and in drunkenness that endures in every circumstance.

And an intoxication that endures through every state.

وَتَمامُ السُرورِ فيها بِساقٍ

وَتَمامُ السُرورِ فيها بِساقٍ

حَسَنِ الوَجهِ مُستَنيرِ الجَمالِ

حَسَنِ الوَجهِ مُستَنيرِ الجَمالِ

And joy in it is complete with a cupbearer,

The perfection of its joy requires a cupbearer,

handsome of face, radiant in beauty.

Handsome of face, radiant in beauty.

لَو بَدا وَجهُهُ إِذا الشَمسُ دارَت

لَو بَدا وَجهُهُ إِذا الشَمسُ دارَت

قُلتَ نورانِ صُوِّرا مِن مِثالِ

قُلتَ نورانِ صُوِّرا مِن مِثالِ

Were his face to appear as the sun wheeled round,

If his face were to appear as the sun circled above,

you would say: two lights fashioned from one model.

You would say: two lights fashioned from a single mold.

فَاِسقِياني رَقيقَةَ السِربالِ

فَاِسقِياني رَقيقَةَ السِربالِ

تُعدِماني مَعارِفَ الأَطلالِ

تُعدِماني مَعارِفَ الأَطلالِ

So give me the thin-robed wine,

So pour me the wine of delicate raiment,

and rob me of my knowledge of the ruins.

That obliterates from me all memory of the ruins.