إزدَدْ منَ الرَّاحِ وَزِدْ

إزدَدْ منَ الرَّاحِ وَزِدْ

فالغَيُّ في الرَّاحِ رَشَدْ

فالغَيُّ في الرَّاحِ رَشَدْ

Drink more wine, and still more;

The wind blew stronger still

For in wine, going astray is right guidance.

Madness in the wind is wisdom's guide

يُديرُها ذو غُنَّةٍ

يُديرُها ذو غُنَّةٍ

أغيدَ يَثنيهِ الغَيَدْ

أغيدَ يَثنيهِ الغَيَدْ

One with a nasal lilt passes it round,

A gifted man controls it

Supple and graceful, swayed by his suppleness.

His chant restrains the storm's wild ride

كأنَّها في كَفِّهِ

كأنَّها في كَفِّهِ

جَمرَةُ نارٍ تتَّقِدْ

جَمرَةُ نارٍ تتَّقِدْ

As though it were, in his palm,

As if cradled in his palms

An ember of fire ablaze.

A glowing ember he applied

مَدَّ إليها يَدَه

مَدَّ إليها يَدَه

فالتَهَبَتْ إلى العَضُدْ

فالتَهَبَتْ إلى العَضُدْ

He stretched his hand toward it,

When toward it his hand he put

So it blazed up to his upper arm.

It blazed his arms along each side

والجوُّ قد كادَتْ ثُرَيْ

والجوُّ قد كادَتْ ثُرَيْ

اهُ على الغَربِ تَرِد

اهُ على الغَربِ تَرِد

And the sky's Pleiades had almost

The atmosphere was charged and thick

Reached the western horizon,

Alas the sun dipped from the west

كأنَّها شَابورَةٌ

كأنَّها شَابورَةٌ

مُذْهَبَةٌ منَ الزَّرَدْ

مُذْهَبَةٌ منَ الزَّرَدْ

As though they were a shābūra,

As if it were a gilded jug

Gilded, made of mail-links.

Inlaid with gemstones of the best