إِذا ما نَظَرتُم وَالعُيونُ سَواجِرُ

إِذا ما نَظَرتُم وَالعُيونُ سَواجِرُ

فَلا تَعجَبوا أَن تَسحَروا أَعيُنَ الناسِ

فَلا تَعجَبوا أَن تَسحَروا أَعيُنَ الناسِ

When you gaze, with eyes ablaze,

When you gaze with languishing eyes,

then do not be surprised that you bewitch people's eyes.

Do not wonder that you entrance people’s eyes.

وَحَسبي بِذِكرى قاتِلي أَن بِحُبِّهِ

وَحَسبي بِذِكرى قاتِلي أَن بِحُبِّهِ

تُقَصِّرُ عَنها لَو سَرَت سَورَةُ الكاسِ

تُقَصِّرُ عَنها لَو سَرَت سَورَةُ الكاسِ

And it suffices me, in remembering my slayer, that through love of him

It suffices me to be slain by the memory of her love,

the cup's intoxicating surge, even were it to spread, would fall short of that memory.

Which makes me neglect even Sura Al Kaws.

دَعو لي وَحدي ذِكرَها لا مُشارَكٌ

دَعو لي وَحدي ذِكرَها لا مُشارَكٌ

خَلا الكَأسَ لا يَأبى الفَتى شِركَةَ الكاسِ

خَلا الكَأسَ لا يَأبى الفَتى شِركَةَ الكاسِ

Leave its remembrance to me alone, with no partner,

Leave the mention of her for me alone; no partner have I

except the cup—a young man does not refuse to share the cup.

Except the goblet - the youth disdains not the partnership of the cup.

فَلا تَتبَعوا رَأى الأَماني في عَسى

فَلا تَتبَعوا رَأى الأَماني في عَسى

فَإِن عَسى ما لَيَّنَت مِعطَفي عاسِ

فَإِن عَسى ما لَيَّنَت مِعطَفي عاسِ

So do not follow the counsel of wishes in 'perhaps';

So do not follow the opinion of hopes in an “if only”,

for 'perhaps' has never softened the sides of one grown stiff.

For “if only” has never smoothed my cloak's folds.

أَتَحسَبُها ماءً جَرى في زُجاجَةٍ

أَتَحسَبُها ماءً جَرى في زُجاجَةٍ

وَما هِيَ إِلّا النارُ ذابَت بِأَنفاسي

وَما هِيَ إِلّا النارُ ذابَت بِأَنفاسي

Do you think it is water that flowed in a glass vessel?

Do you reckon it to be water flowing in a flask?

And it is nothing but fire, melted by my breaths.

Nay, it is fire melted by my breath.