ومَعْسُولٍ سَعَىنَحْوي

ومَعْسُولٍ سَعَىنَحْوي

بِقَدٍّ منه عَسَّالِ

بِقَدٍّ منه عَسَّالِ

And a honey-sweet one made his way toward me,

Toward me came one with lips sweet as honey

With his swaying figure.

Bearing a cup as graceful as a gazelle

وليلُ الشِّعْرِ يُخْفيهِ

وليلُ الشِّعْرِ يُخْفيهِ

وَصُبْحُ الثَّغْرِ مِ القالي

وَصُبْحُ الثَّغْرِ مِ القالي

And the night of his hair conceals him,

And the night of poetry veiled him

And the dawn of his mouth—[unclear fragment]—the hater.

While dawn's smile shone from his face

أتى بالراحِ فَرَّاحاً

أتى بالراحِ فَرَّاحاً

ولم يصغِ لعُذَّالِ

ولم يصغِ لعُذَّالِ

He came with wine, full of joy,

He brought comfort, easing my troubles

And did not listen to reproachers.

And paid no heed to the blamer's cries

كأنَّ الشَّمْسَ شَرّاقاً

كأنَّ الشَّمْسَ شَرّاقاً

باعلا كفِّه العالي

باعلا كفِّه العالي

As though the sun were shining brightly

As though the radiant sun itself

Atop his raised palm.

Raised high its hand to set me free

مُعَتِّقُها أبو جَهْلٍ

مُعَتِّقُها أبو جَهْلٍ

فَلَمْ تُوصَفْ بأمثَالِ

فَلَمْ تُوصَفْ بأمثَالِ

Abu Jahl is the one who aged it,

My bonds loosed by Father Ignorance

So it was not described through comparisons.

With no similes to describe the deed

شَرِبْتُ كأنَّني أهوى

شَرِبْتُ كأنَّني أهوى

ألاقي ألفَ رِئْبَالِ

ألاقي ألفَ رِئْبَالِ

I drank, as though I longed

I drank as if I loved and longed

To meet a thousand lions.

To meet a thousand playful does

كأنِّي بين شُهْب الجوِّ

كأنِّي بين شُهْب الجوِّ

قدْ جَرَّرْتُ أذْيَالي

قدْ جَرَّرْتُ أذْيَالي

As though I, among the sky's shooting stars,

As though amidst the shooting stars

Had trailed the hems of my robes.

I dragged my flowing train behind