أَتُرى أَبْصَرَهُ مِثْلِي الْقَدَحْ

أَتُرى أَبْصَرَهُ مِثْلِي الْقَدَحْ

فَغَدا زَنْدُ حَشاهُ يُقْتَدَحْ

فَغَدا زَنْدُ حَشاهُ يُقْتَدَحْ

Do you suppose the goblet saw him as I did,

Do you see him as I see the wine cup

So that its heart's fire-striker began to spark,

So his cheek became a drinking cup to be sipped

وانْثَنَى مُنْكَسِراً مِنْ وَجْدِهِ

وانْثَنَى مُنْكَسِراً مِنْ وَجْدِهِ

بِكَسِيرِ الطَّرْفِ كَالظَّبْيِ سَنَحْ

بِكَسِيرِ الطَّرْفِ كَالظَّبْيِ سَنَحْ

And it bent back, broken by its passion

And he bent broken from his passion

For the languid-eyed one who appeared like a gazelle?

With downcast eyes like a gazelle doe

قَمَرٌ يَسْعَدُ لَوْ يُشْبِهُهُ

قَمَرٌ يَسْعَدُ لَوْ يُشْبِهُهُ

قَمَرُ اللَّيْلِ إِذا اللَيْلُ جَنَحْ

قَمَرُ اللَّيْلِ إِذا اللَيْلُ جَنَحْ

A moon—if it resembled him, how fortunate

A moon who would be happy to resemble him

The moon of night would be when night falls!

The moon of the night when night falls

لَبِسَ الْحُسْنَ كَشَمْسِ الدَّوْلَةٍ الْ

لَبِسَ الْحُسْنَ كَشَمْسِ الدَّوْلَةٍ الْ

مَلْكِ إِذْ يَلْبَسُ مَعْشُوقَ الْمِدَحْ

مَلْكِ إِذْ يَلْبَسُ مَعْشُوقَ الْمِدَحْ

He wore beauty, like Shams al-Dawla, the

He wore beauty like the sun of the kingdom

King, when he dons cherished praise.

The king when he wears the adorned beloved