باللهby God منwho أنباكْtold you
بالله من أنباكْ
باللونof the color والطعمِand the taste
باللون والطعمِ
By God, who told you
By God, who told you
of color and taste,
of the color and the taste,
وماand what جَنَتْreaped كفَّاكْyour two hands
وما جَنَتْ كفَّاكْ
ياO غارسَplanter of الكرْمِthe vine؟
يا غارسَ الكرْمِ؟
and what your two hands had wrought,
and of what your hands reaped,
O planter of the vine?
O planter of the vine?
آدمُAdam أمor حوَّاءْEve
آدمُ أم حوَّاءْ
أغراكtempted you بالغرسِto plant
أغراك بالغرسِ
Was it Adam, or Eve,
Was it Adam or Eve
who lured you into planting,
who tempted you to plant,
ياO شاربَdrinker of الصَّهْباءْthe tawny wine
يا شاربَ الصَّهْباءْ
عَلًّاin repeated draughts بلاwithout كأْسِa cup؟
عَلًّا بلا كأْسِ؟
O drinker of the ruby wine?
O drinker of tawny wine,
Regale me—without a cup.
draught after draught, without a cup?
لوif شَرباthey both drank منهاof it
لو شَربا منها
ماnot نَسِياthey both forgot العهدَاthe covenant
ما نَسِيا العهدَا
Had they drunk of it,
Had they drunk of it,
they would not have forgotten the covenant;
they would not have forgotten the covenant;
أوor حُدِّثَاthey both were told عنهاabout it
أو حُدِّثَا عنها
ماnot هجراthey both forsook الخُلْدَاeternal Paradise
ما هجرا الخُلْدَا
or had they been told of it,
or had they been told of it,
they would not have forsaken eternity.
they would not have forsaken Paradise.
صهباءُtawny wine ماnot كانتْit was
صهباءُ ما كانتْ
منfrom غرسthe planting of إبليسِIblis
من غرس إبليسِ
Your ruby wine was never
Tawny wine was never
of Satan’s planting,
of Iblis's planting,
بلrather كرمةٌa vine زانتْadorned
بل كرمةٌ زانتْ
خَلْقَthe creation of الفراديسِthe paradises
خَلْقَ الفراديسِ
but a vine that graced
but a vine that adorned
the very nature of Paradise.
the creation of the paradises.
تسموrise بهاthrough it الأرواحْthe spirits
تسمو بها الأرواحْ
عَنْabove عالمthe world of الإثمِsin
عَنْ عالم الإثمِ
Through it the spirits soar
Through it, spirits rise
beyond the realm of sin,
above the world of sin.
شفَّافةُtranslucent الأَقداحْthe cups
شفَّافةُ الأَقداحْ
فيwith رقَّةِthe delicacy of الحُلْمِa dream
في رقَّةِ الحُلْمِ
with goblets crystal-clear,
Its cups are translucent,
in the delicacy of dream.
with the delicacy of a dream.
الكأْسَthe cup والقيثارْand the lyre
الكأْسَ والقيثارْ
ياO ربَّةَgoddess of الحسنِbeauty
يا ربَّةَ الحسنِ
The cup and the lyre—
The cup and the lyre,
O goddess of beauty,
O goddess of beauty,
ياO ربَّةَgoddess of الأشعارْpoetry
يا ربَّةَ الأشعارْ
غنِّيsing بهاof it غَنِّيsing
غنِّي بها غَنِّي
O goddess of poetry,
O goddess of poetry:
sing with it, sing!
sing of it, sing!
غنِّيsing بهاof it رُوحًاas a spirit
غنِّي بها رُوحًا
عُلْوِيَّةَheavenly الومْضِthe radiance
عُلْوِيَّةَ الومْضِ
Sing through it a spirit
Sing of it as a spirit
of celestial radiance.
of heavenly radiance.
لوif أدركتْit reached نُوحًاNoah
لو أدركتْ نُوحًا
عشناwe lived بلاwithout أرضِan earth
عشنا بلا أرضِ
Had it reached Noah,
Had it reached Noah,
we would have lived without earth,
we would have lived without an earth,
عشناwe lived كأحلامِlike dreams
عشنا كأحلامِ
فيin خاطرthe mind of الأكوَانْthe worlds
في خاطر الأكوَانْ
we would have lived like dreams
we would have lived like dreams
in the mind of the cosmos,
in the mind of the worlds,
فيin عالَمٍa world سامٍlofty
في عالَمٍ سامٍ
لاnot يعرفknows الأحزَانْthe sorrows
لا يعرف الأحزَانْ
in a lofty world
in a lofty world
that knows no sorrows.
that knows no sorrows.
هاتيbring it اسْقِنيgive me drink هاتيbring it
هاتي اسْقِني هاتي
منfrom دَنِّهاits wine jar المختومْsealed
من دَنِّها المختومْ
Bring it—pour for me—bring it,
Bring it, give me drink, bring it
from its sealed wine jar,
from its sealed wine jar;
أنسَىI forget بهاthrough it الآتيwhat is to come
أنسَى بها الآتي
منof عمريَmy life المحتومْpredestined
من عمريَ المحتومْ
so through it I may forget what lies ahead
through it, I may forget what is to come
of my predestined life.
of my predestined life.
