مرحباً بالصَّبوحِ في الظَّلماءِ

مرحباً بالصَّبوحِ في الظَّلماءِ

وبعَذراءِ من يَدَيْ عذراءِ

وبعَذراءِ من يَدَيْ عذراءِ

Welcome to the morning wine in the darkness,

Greet the dawn in the darkness

and to virgin wine from a maiden's two hands,

And the virginal one before a virginal one

وبسُكرَيْنِ من لِحاظِ غَزالٍ

وبسُكرَيْنِ من لِحاظِ غَزالٍ

ساحرٍ لحظُه ومن صَهباءِ

ساحرٍ لحظُه ومن صَهباءِ

and to two intoxications: from a gazelle's glances,

And two intoxications from the glances of a gazelle

whose gaze bewitches, and from tawny wine,

Whose glance is bewitching and from a blonde

واحمرارِ الكؤوسِ في كَفِّ ساقٍ

واحمرارِ الكؤوسِ في كَفِّ ساقٍ

صيغَ من ماء وردةٍ بيضاءِ

صيغَ من ماء وردةٍ بيضاءِ

and to the reddening of the cups in a cupbearer's palm,

And the redness of cups in the palm of a leg

who was fashioned from the water of a white rose.

Molded from rose water and white

ضحكت أوجهُ اللَّذاذةِ بالفِك

ضحكت أوجهُ اللَّذاذةِ بالفِك

رِ ولاحَتْ طوالعُ السَّرَّاءِ

رِ ولاحَتْ طوالعُ السَّرَّاءِ

The faces of delight smiled in thought,

The faces of bliss laughed with joy

and the harbingers of gladness appeared.

And the stars of joy shone

فكأنَّ السرورَ إلفٌ حبانا

فكأنَّ السرورَ إلفٌ حبانا

منه بالوصلِ بعدَ طولِ جَفاءِ

منه بالوصلِ بعدَ طولِ جَفاءِ

So it was as though joy were a beloved who granted us

It was as if joy was a gift that brought us together

union with him after long estrangement;

After the long estrangement

وكأنَّ الهِلالَ نونُ لُجَينٍ

وكأنَّ الهِلالَ نونُ لُجَينٍ

غَرِقَتْ في صحيفةٍ زَرقاءِ

غَرِقَتْ في صحيفةٍ زَرقاءِ

and as though the crescent were a silver letter nūn,

It was as if the crescent was a nun of beauty

submerged in a blue page.

Drowning in a blue page