قمْ فاسْقِنِي مِنْ يَدَيْكَ صَافَيةً

قمْ فاسْقِنِي مِنْ يَدَيْكَ صَافَيةً

خَدُّكَ يَكْسُو شُعَاعَهَا لَهَبا

خَدُّكَ يَكْسُو شُعَاعَهَا لَهَبا

Rise, and pour me clear wine from your hands;

Pour me a draught, pure from your hand

Your cheek clothes its radiance in flame.

whose cheek its brightness garbs in flame

كَأنَّ مَاءَ الصَّفاءِ قَابَلَهَا

كَأنَّ مَاءَ الصَّفاءِ قَابَلَهَا

مِنْكَ ابتسامٌ فَمَثْلَ الحَبَبا

مِنْكَ ابتسامٌ فَمَثْلَ الحَبَبا

As though the water of purity were greeted

As if the water of clear skies

By a smile from you, forming the bubbles.

met from your smile, like lover’s claim.

فَهَا أَنَا فِي الخُضُورِ مُنْتَهز

فَهَا أَنَا فِي الخُضُورِ مُنْتَهز

يا مُنْيَةَ النَّفْسِ غَيْبَةَ الرُّقَبا

يا مُنْيَةَ النَّفْسِ غَيْبَةَ الرُّقَبا

So here I am amid the greenery, taking advantage—

And so I seize what green survives,

O desire of my soul—of the watchers’ absence.

though death has danced the heads and feet.

مِنْ عَجَبِ أنَّنِي أَزيُدك مِنْ

مِنْ عَجَبِ أنَّنِي أَزيُدك مِنْ

شُرْبِي وَسُكْرِي على قدْ غَلَبَا

شُرْبِي وَسُكْرِي على قدْ غَلَبَا

How strange that I give you more of

Amazed, that as my thirst expands,

My drink, though my drunkenness has already prevailed.

my drunkenness from you grows replete.