دارٌa house يَدُورُgoes round بِهاwithin it السُّرُورُjoy
دارٌ يَدُورُ بِها السُّرُورُ
أَبَداًforever وَيَسْكُنُهاand dwells in it الْحُبُورُgladness
أَبَداً وَيَسْكُنُها الْحُبُورُ
A house where joy goes round,
A house where joy eternally dwells
Forever, and gladness dwells within it.
And where happiness forever dwells
ماnot إِنْemphatic particle تُخِلُّit falls short بِمَجْلِسٍin a gathering
ما إِنْ تُخِلُّ بِمَجْلِسٍ
فِيهِin it الْبُدُورُthe full moons أَوِor الْبُحُورُthe seas
فِيهِ الْبُدُورُ أَوِ الْبُحُورُ
It never lacks a gathering
Never empty of a gathering
Where full moons or seas are found.
Of oceans or seas that it holds
تَحْدُوurge along الْكُؤُوسَthe cups سُقاتُهاits cupbearers
تَحْدُو الْكُؤُوسَ سُقاتُها
وَكَأَنَّهاand as though it were فَلَكٌa celestial sphere يَدُورُrevolves
وَكَأَنَّها فَلَكٌ يَدُورُ
Its cupbearers urge the cups along,
Glasses circle as if they are planets
And it is like a revolving celestial sphere.
Spinning in orbits as they pour