أدِرِ الكؤوسا على الطَّرَبِ

أدِرِ الكؤوسا على الطَّرَبِ

واجْلُها شُموسا لِمُرْتَقِبِ

واجْلُها شُموسا لِمُرْتَقِبِ

Pass the cups around amid merriment,

Turn the cups to joy

and unveil them as suns for an expectant watcher.

And fill them with suns for the awaited one

يالها عَروسا لم تَحْتَجبِ

يالها عَروسا لم تَحْتَجبِ

تُبْهِجُ النُّفوسا

تُبْهِجُ النُّفوسا

What a bride—she has not veiled herself!

Oh beautiful bride who is unveiled

She gladdens souls,

Bringing delight to souls

فَيَطوي الخَجَلْ

فَيَطوي الخَجَلْ

بِشْرَها طَيّا

بِشْرَها طَيّا

so bashfulness folds away

So shyness folds its garment

her cheerful radiance completely.

Give her good tidings

حَسْبُكَ الطِّلاءُ على ذا الرَّبيعْ

حَسْبُكَ الطِّلاءُ على ذا الرَّبيعْ

قَد مَضى الشِّتاءُ وهذا الرَّبيعْ

قَد مَضى الشِّتاءُ وهذا الرَّبيعْ

Wine is enough for you this spring.

It is enough that you are adorned this spring

Winter has passed, and here is spring.

Winter has passed and this is spring

وصَحا الهواءُ ومال الخَليعْ

وصَحا الهواءُ ومال الخَليعْ

وثَوَت ذُكاءُ

وثَوَت ذُكاءُ

And the air has cleared, and the libertine sways;

The air is clear and the dissolute has leaned

and Dhukāʾ, the sun, has settled

And intelligence has lodged

بِبُرْجِ الحَمَلْ

بِبُرْجِ الحَمَلْ

هيَّ بي هَيّا

هيَّ بي هَيّا

in the sign of the Ram.

In the mansion of Aries

Come with me—come!

Come on, come on

جُمْلةُ النَّعيمِ لِمنْ عَدَلا

جُمْلةُ النَّعيمِ لِمنْ عَدَلا

في وِداد رِيْمِ ورَشْفِ طِلا

في وِداد رِيْمِ ورَشْفِ طِلا

All bliss is for one who keeps a fair balance

The pleasures of paradise are for the just

in loving a gazelle and sipping wine.

In the love of a gentle gazelle and sipping nectar

فاسْقِني نَديمي وساقِ على

فاسْقِني نَديمي وساقِ على

مَنْظَرٍ وَسيمِ

مَنْظَرٍ وَسيمِ

So give me drink, my companion, and share the cups before

So serve me my boon companion and move on

a handsome sight,

To a beautiful spectacle

سَما واعْتَدَلْ

سَما واعْتَدَلْ

مِلءَ عَيْنَيَّا

مِلءَ عَيْنَيَّا

tall and well-proportioned,

Over which the sky is balanced

filling both my eyes.

Filling my eyes

بأبي حَلي بهِ شُغُلي

بأبي حَلي بهِ شُغُلي

مالَهُ حُلي سِوى العَطلِ

مالَهُ حُلي سِوى العَطلِ

My father be ransom for a sweet one who engrosses me.

By my father Hayyan, in whom is my occupation

His only ornament is being unadorned.

He has no adornment but leisure

أسْمَرُ حُلَيّ كما العَسَلِّْ

أسْمَرُ حُلَيّ كما العَسَلِّْ

وجْهُهُ البَهِيّ

وجْهُهُ البَهِيّ

Dusky, sweet as honey,

Dark complexioned like honey

his radiant face—

His radiant face

كَسَتْهُ المقَلْ

كَسَتْهُ المقَلْ

صِبْغَها زِيّا

صِبْغَها زِيّا

the eyes have clothed it

Like his well-fitted garment

in their hue as a robe.

Its dye

جازَ مَنْ لَحاني طَوْرَ العَذَلِ

جازَ مَنْ لَحاني طَوْرَ العَذَلِ

في هَوى مَعاني ساجي المُقَلِ

في هَوى مَعاني ساجي المُقَلِ

My reproacher has exceeded the bounds of blame

He who rallied me in the period of separation

for my love of a languid-eyed one's charms.

In the love of subtle meanings

هل حُلى الحِسانِ سِوَى الكَحَلِ

هل حُلى الحِسانِ سِوَى الكَحَلِ

الأُسَيْمِراني

الأُسَيْمِراني

Have the beautiful any adornment but dark-rimmed eyes?

Is the adornment of beauty anything but kohl?

The little dusky one

Dark brown

حُلو كالعَسَلِ

حُلو كالعَسَلِ

أيَّ جِيْ لَيّا

أيَّ جِيْ لَيّا

is sweet as honey—

Sweet like honey

ah, come to me!

What a torrent was launched