1. كَذَا فَلْتَلُحْ قَمَراً زاهراً

    وتَجْنِ الهَوَى ناضراً ناضراً

    Thus, shine forth as a radiant moon,

    and reap love, fresh and flourishing.

  2. وسَيْبُكَ صَوْبُ نَدىً مُغْدِقٍ

    أَقام لنا هامِلاً هَامِرَا

    And your bounty is a shower of abundant dew,

    that has kept pouring and streaming for us.

  3. وإنَّ لِيَوْمِكَ ذا رَوْنَقَاً

    مُنِيراً لِنُوْرِ الضُّحَىَ بَاهِرَاً

    And indeed this day of yours has a radiance,

    luminous, outshining the light of midmorning.

  4. صَبَاحُ اصطباحٍ بإسْفارِهِ

    لَحَظْنَا مُحَيَّا العُلاَ سافِرَا

    A morning of wine-drinking, in whose dawning light

    we beheld the face of glory unveiled.

  5. وأَطْلَعْتَ فيه نجومَ الكُؤُوْسِ

    وما زالَ كَوْكبُها زاهِرا

    And you made the stars of the winecups rise within it,

    and their star never ceased to shine.

  6. وأَسْمَعْتَنَالاحِناً فاتِناً

    وأَحْضَرْتَنَا لاعِباً ساحِرَا

    And you let us hear a captivating singer,

    and brought before us a conjuring performer.

  7. يُرَفْرِفُ فوق رؤوسِ القِيانِ

    فَتَنْظُرُ ما يُذْهِلُ النَّاظِرَا

    He flutters above the heads of the singing girls,

    so you see what astounds the beholder.

  8. ويَخْطِفُها ذَيْلُ سِرْبَالِهِ

    فَتُبْصِرُ طالِعَها غائِرَا

    And the hem of his robe snatches them away,

    so you see what rises from them sinking.

  9. فَظَاهِرُها يَنْثَنِي باطِناً

    وباطنُها يَنْثَنِي ظاهِراً

    So their outward side turns inward,

    and their inward side turns outward.

  10. وثَنَّاهُ ثانٍ لألعابِهِ

    دقائقُ تَثْنِي الحِجَى حائِرَا

    And a second followed him; his tricks have

    subtleties that send reason back bewildered.

  11. وفي قَيِّمَ الرّاحِ مِنْ سِحْرِهِ

    خَوَاطرُ وَلَّهَتِ الخاطِرَا

    And in the wine steward, from his magic,

    are fancies that have bewitched the mind.

  12. إذا وَرَدَ اللَّحْظُ أَثْناءَها

    فما الوَهْمُ عَنْ وِردِها صادِرَا

    When the gaze comes to drink in their midst,

    then imagination does not depart from their watering place.

  13. ومِنْ بِدْعِ نُعْماكَ إبْداعُهُ

    فما انْفكَّ عارِضُها ماطِرَا

    And his inventiveness is among the marvels of your bounty,

    so its raincloud has never ceased to pour.