اِسبُلِ الشِعرَ مُعجِباً وَتَهيا

اِسبُلِ الشِعرَ مُعجِباً وَتَهيا

لِيُديرَ الكُؤسَ في حالِ سُكرِهِ

لِيُديرَ الكُؤسَ في حالِ سُكرِهِ

Let poetry flow, admiringly, and make ready

Ask poetry enthralled and languidly

so he may pass the cups around in his drunken state.

To pass the cup about in drunken glee

فَنَهوهُ فَقُلتُ لا تَمنَعوهُ

فَنَهوهُ فَقُلتُ لا تَمنَعوهُ

وَدَعوهُ يَدورُ في حِلِّ شِعرِهِ

وَدَعوهُ يَدورُ في حِلِّ شِعرِهِ

They forbade him, so I said, "Do not stop him,

They stopped him but I said “Let not this be

and let him circle freely within his poetry."

Leave him to weave in rapture poetry”