قُمrise أَدِرpass around نوراًa light مُبيناradiant
قُم أَدِر نوراً مُبينا
ماnot تَراناyou see us مُظلِميناin darkness
ما تَرانا مُظلِمينا
Rise, pass around a radiant light.
Do you not see us in darkness?
وَاِقتُلِand slay الكَأسَthe cup of wine بِمَزجٍby mixing
وَاِقتُلِ الكَأسَ بِمَزجٍ
تَقتُلِyou will slay الهَمِّsorrow يَقيناcertainly
تَقتُلِ الهَمِّ يَقينا
And slay the cup’s wine by mixing it;
you will surely slay sorrow.
كَيso that أَرىI may see الكَأسَthe cup تُربِناenriches us
كَي أَرى الكَأسَ تُربِنا
دُرَراًpearls مِمّاfrom what تُريناit shows us
دُرَراً مِمّا تُرينا
So I may see the cup enrich us
with pearls from what it shows us.
مِنfrom يَدَيthe two hands of ساقٍa cupbearer سُقيناwe were given drink
مِن يَدَي ساقٍ سُقينا
مِنfrom لَماهُhis dark lips ماnot سُقيناwe were given drink
مِن لَماهُ ما سُقينا
From a cupbearer’s hands we were given drink;
from his dark lips we were not.
إِنَّهاindeed it لَمّاwhen رَأَتهُit saw him
إِنَّها لَمّا رَأَتهُ
عَرِقَتit sweated مِنهُbecause of him جَبيناa brow
عَرِقَت مِنهُ جَبينا
Indeed, when it saw him,
its brow broke into sweat because of him.