1. تَغَيَّب دُر الزُهر في صَدَف الأفْق

    وَلاحَ جَبينُ الصُبح مِن مَفرق الشَرق

    The pearls of the bright stars vanished into the shell of the horizon.

    And dawn's brow gleamed from the East's hair-parting.

  2. وَجَرَّ نَسيم الرَوض ذَيلَ عَبيرِهِ

    فنيه لِلتَغريد هاجعة الوَرَق

    And the garden breeze trailed the hem of its fragrance,

    So [apparently] it roused the sleeping doves to song.

  3. فَهاتَ أَدر مِن مُقلَتَيك سَلافة

    تَغير عَلى عَقل اللَبيب فَلا تبقي

    Then bring forth from your two eyes a choice wine, and pass it round,

    That raids the wise one's reason, leaving nothing behind.

  4. فَلا خَير في سُكر تَليهِ أَفاقَةٌ

    وَلا بَينَ بَعض الصَحو وَالمَوت مِن فَرق

    For no good lies in drunkenness followed by sobriety,

    And between certain states of sobriety and death there is no difference.

  5. وَهَل يَسلَم الطَبع السَليم مِن الهَوى

    وَلا فَضل في قَلب خَليّ مِن العشق

    And can a sound nature escape passion?

    And there is no virtue in a heart devoid of love.

  6. فَيا سافِحاً دَمعي وَيا سافِكاً دَمي

    وَيا سالِباً لُبي وَيا مالِكاً رقي

    So O you who shed my tears, O you who spill my blood,

    And O thief of my reason, O master of my bondage,

  7. وَيا مَن سَقاني الدَمع رَتقاً مُلَوَّناً

    وَأَصفَيتُهُ مَحض الوِداد بِلا مذق

    And O you who gave me murky, colored tears to drink [reading uncertain],

    And I offered him pure affection, without dilution.

  8. بِمَن حَط عَن لَيل الصَباح نِقابُهُ

    أَزح حُجُب التَعبيس عَن وَجهِكَ الطَلق

    By the one who stripped dawn's night of its veil,

    Remove the veils of frowning from your cheerful face.

  9. دَجا لَيل هَمي فَأَجله بِابتِسامة

    كَما يَكشف اللَيل البَهيم سَنا البَرق

    The night of my sorrow has grown dark; so dispel it with a smile,

    As lightning's radiance dispels the pitch-black night.

  10. وَدَع مَدمَعي يَملي عَلَيكَ شِكايَتي

    فَدَمع الكَئيب الصَب أَجدَر بِالنُطق

    And let my tears dictate my complaint to you,

    For the sorrowful lover's tears are more deserving of speech.

  11. وَأَصغِ إِلى الشَكوى وَإِن كُنتَ قاسِياً

    فَإِن اِستِماع البَث نَوع مِن الرفق

    And listen to the complaint, even if you are hard-hearted,

    For listening to sorrow's outpouring is a form of kindness.