جَدِّدْrenew سُروراًjoy بِالشَّرابِwith the wine القَدِيمْaged
جَدِّدْ سُروراً بِالشَّرابِ القَدِيمْ
واشرَبْand drink هَنيئاًwith pleasure واسقِنيand give me a drink يَاO نَدِيمْdrinking companion
واشرَبْ هَنيئاً واسقِني يَا نَدِيمْ
Renew your delight with wine long aged;
Renew joy with aged wine,
drink with gladness, and pour for me, O boon companion.
And drink with pleasure, and give me a drink, O drinking companion.
وَهَاتِهاand bring it كالشَّمْسِlike the sun قدalready أَشرَقَتْshone forth
وَهَاتِها كالشَّمْسِ قد أَشرَقَتْ
مِنfrom دَنِّهاits wine jar فيin جُنْحِthe cover of ليلٍa night بَهِيمْpitch-black
مِن دَنِّها في جُنْحِ ليلٍ بَهِيمْ
Bring it forth—like the sun, it has risen
And bring it, like the sun that has shone forth
from its cask in the depths of a pitch-dark night.
From its wine jar beneath the cover of a pitch-black night.
فيin رِقَّةِthe delicacy of الماءِthe water وَلكِنْand yet لهاit has
في رِقَّةِ الماءِ وَلكِنْ لها
تَوَقُّدُthe blazing of النّارِthe fire وَبَرْدُand the coolness of النَّسِيمْthe breeze
تَوَقُّدُ النّارِ وَبَرْدُ النَّسِيمْ
With the limpid delicacy of water—yet it has
As delicate as water, yet it has
the blaze of fire and the coolness of the breeze.
The blaze of fire and the coolness of the breeze.
