قُمْ فاسْقِني ذَهَبِيَّةً

قُمْ فاسْقِني ذَهَبِيَّةً

إنَّ الأصيلَ مُذَهَّبُ

إنَّ الأصيلَ مُذَهَّبُ

Rise, and pour me golden wine;

Pour me a golden drink,

indeed, the late afternoon is gilded.

for the noble is gilded.

صفراءَ من زُهْرِ الكوا

صفراءَ من زُهْرِ الكوا

كبِ للزجاجةِ كوكب

كبِ للزجاجةِ كوكب

Yellow, among the radiant stars,

Yellow from the pollen of meadows,

a star within the glass.

a planet drops into the glass.

أوَمَا تَرى ذيل السَّحا

أوَمَا تَرى ذيل السَّحا

بِ على الحائقِ يُسْحَبُ

بِ على الحائقِ يُسْحَبُ

And do you not see the cloud's trailing hem

Or don't you see the train of the gown

dragged over [perhaps the gardens]?

dragged over the courtyard?

والروضُ يأرجُ والغدي

والروضُ يأرجُ والغدي

رُ مع الحمامِ يُصَخَّبُ

رُ مع الحمامِ يُصَخَّبُ

The garden breathes fragrance, and the pool

The garden murmurs and the morning

is filled with clamor alongside the doves.

coos with the doves.

فإذا ترنَّمَ أوْرَقٌ

فإذا ترنَّمَ أوْرَقٌ

فيه تدفَّقَ مِذْنَب

فيه تدفَّقَ مِذْنَب

Then, when a gray dove warbles

When the leaves rustle

there, a rivulet gushes forth.

and a meteor drips through,

والدمع طَلَّ سافحٌ

والدمع طَلَّ سافحٌ

أو دُرُّ سِلْكٍ يُنْهَبُ

أو دُرُّ سِلْكٍ يُنْهَبُ

And tears are streaming dew,

tears spill, copious,

or pearls plundered from a string.

or a necklace string snaps.

والبرقُ صفحةُ صارمٍ

والبرقُ صفحةُ صارمٍ

أو مارجٌ يتَلَهَّبُ

أو مارجٌ يتَلَهَّبُ

And lightning is the flat of a keen sword,

Lightning is the blade of a naked sword

or a smokeless flame ablaze.

or a sparkle leaping into flame.

ومهفهفٍ يصبو إلي

ومهفهفٍ يصبو إلي

هِ الشادنُ المتربِّبُ

هِ الشادنُ المتربِّبُ

And a slender youth, for whom

The pleasure-house leaks musk

the lordly young gazelle yearns.

and ambergris.

طابتْ حُمَيَّاهُ ور

طابتْ حُمَيَّاهُ ور

يَّاهُ أَتَمُّ وأطيبُ

يَّاهُ أَتَمُّ وأطيبُ

Sweet was his intoxicating ardor, and his

The wine was perfect and most delectable.

fragrance was fuller and sweeter.

He let me drink from his lips

شربَ المدامَ وعلَّني

شربَ المدامَ وعلَّني

منْ ثَغره ما يَشْرَب

منْ ثَغره ما يَشْرَب

He drank the wine and gave me further draughts

the draft that slakes thirst.

of what he was drinking, from his mouth.

When the lights swooped down

حتى إذا انبرتِ الشمو

حتى إذا انبرتِ الشمو

لُ بمعطفيه تلعب

لُ بمعطفيه تلعب

Until, when the wine began

playing with my cloak,

to play about his flanks,

I embraced the dawn from him

عانقتُ منه الصبحَ ح

عانقتُ منه الصبحَ ح

تى لاح صُبْحٌ أشهب

تى لاح صُبْحٌ أشهب

I embraced the dawn in him,

till a pale morn broke forth.

until a pale dawn appeared.

So my morning began

فغدا اصطباحيَ منْ ثنا

فغدا اصطباحيَ منْ ثنا

ياهُ الرُّضابُ الأشنب

ياهُ الرُّضابُ الأشنب

So my morning draught became, from his front teeth,

with his gentle merriment.

his cool, sweet saliva.