قُمْ يا غُلامُ إِلى الشَّمولِ فَهاتِها

قُمْ يا غُلامُ إِلى الشَّمولِ فَهاتِها

قَبْلَ انْتِشارِ الصُّبْحِ في الآفاقِ

قَبْلَ انْتِشارِ الصُّبْحِ في الآفاقِ

Rise, O boy, go to the wine and bring it,

Rise, my lad, to her fragrance, and bring it here

before dawn spreads across the horizons.

Before the dawn spreads across the horizons,

فَكأَنَّها شَمْسٌ تُنِيرُ بِها الدُّجى

فَكأَنَّها شَمْسٌ تُنِيرُ بِها الدُّجى

وكأَنَّهُ قَمَرٌ تَحَوَّلَ ساقِ

وكأَنَّهُ قَمَرٌ تَحَوَّلَ ساقِ

For it is like a sun with which you light the darkness,

It's as if it were a sun, lighting up the gloom,

and he is like a moon that has become a cupbearer.

Or moonbeams changed into a leg.

لَوْ كانَ رِزْقي مِنْ لَذيذِ عِناقِهِ

لَوْ كانَ رِزْقي مِنْ لَذيذِ عِناقِهِ

مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسُدُكُمْ عَلى الأَرْزاقِ

مَا كُنْتُ أَحْسُدُكُمْ عَلى الأَرْزاقِ

If my sustenance came from the sweetness of his embrace,

If my sustenance were from the sweetness of her embrace

I would not envy you your livelihoods.

I wouldn't envy you your livelihood.