أَلاCome! فَاِسقِيانيso give me drink, you two قَهوَةًwine ذَهَبِيِّةًgolden
أَلا فَاِسقِياني قَهوَةً ذَهَبِيِّةً
فَقَدfor indeed أَلبَسَhas clothed الآفاقَthe horizons جُنحُthe onset الدُجىof night دَعَجdeep blackness
فَقَد أَلبَسَ الآفاقَ جُنحُ الدُجى دَعَج
Come, then, you two, pour me golden wine;
Oh serve me coffee golden-hued
For the onset of night has clothed the horizons in deep blackness.
The wings of darkness cloak horizons now
كَأَنَّas though الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades وَالظَلامُwhile the darkness يَحُفُّهاsurrounds them
كَأَنَّ الثُرَيّا وَالظَلامُ يَحُفُّها
فُصوصُgems لُجَينٍof silver قَدindeed أَحاطَhas encircled بِهِaround it سَبَجjet (black gemstone)
فُصوصُ لُجَينٍ قَد أَحاطَ بِهِ سَبَج
As though the Pleiades, with darkness surrounding them,
As if the Pleiades and gloom enshroud
Were gems of silver encircled by jet.
Black stones encircled by the branches' bough