هاتِ اِسقِنيها فَيهَجا

هاتِ اِسقِنيها فَيهَجا

تَصدَع بِالصُبحِ الدُجا

تَصدَع بِالصُبحِ الدُجا

Bring it; pour me that wine,

Bring it to me, so at dawn

which cleaves the darkness with dawn.

It may shatter into pieces

وَعاطِني كَأساً رَنَو

وَعاطِني كَأساً رَنَو

ناةٍ وَقُل لا حَرَجا

ناةٍ وَقُل لا حَرَجا

And pass me a cup of

And give me a cup, gently,

wine, and say, 'There is no sin.'

Without guilt or shame

في فُلكِ نوحٍ حُمِلَت

في فُلكِ نوحٍ حُمِلَت

وَقبلُ عاشَت حِجَجا

وَقبلُ عاشَت حِجَجا

It was carried in Noah's ark,

In Noah's ark it was carried

and before that had lived for years.

And before that it made pilgrimages

كَم قَدَحَت إِذ قُدِحَت

كَم قَدَحَت إِذ قُدِحَت

زَنداً فَأَذكَت سُرُجا

زَنداً فَأَذكَت سُرُجا

How often, when ladled out, it struck

How many drinks were drank when it was used

a fire-stick and kindled lamps!

Kindling the lamps

لَو شَرِبَ المنطيقُ مِن

لَو شَرِبَ المنطيقُ مِن

ها أَربَعاً تَلَجلَجا

ها أَربَعاً تَلَجلَجا

If the eloquent speaker drank of

If Logic drank four cups from it

it four cups, he would stammer.

It would stagger tipsily

مُهجَةُ دَنٍّ أُودِعَت

مُهجَةُ دَنٍّ أُودِعَت

سِرّاً يَسُرُّ المُهَجا

سِرّاً يَسُرُّ المُهَجا

A wine jar's lifeblood, entrusted

The passion of humbleness was placed

with a secret that gladdens souls.

As a secret that brings joy to the passionate

هَلِ اِستَعارَ المِسكُ في

هَلِ اِستَعارَ المِسكُ في

دارينَ مِنها الأَرَجا

دارينَ مِنها الأَرَجا

Did musk borrow, in

Did musk borrow in my house

Darin, its fragrance from it?

Some of its subtle fragrance?