أَما تَرى الليلَ قد ولَّت غياهبُه

أَما تَرى الليلَ قد ولَّت غياهبُه

وعارضُ الفَجرِ بالاشراقِ قد طَلَعَا

وعارضُ الفَجرِ بالاشراقِ قد طَلَعَا

Do you not see that the night’s deep darkness has fled,

Don't you see the night has rolled away its shadows

And dawn’s cloud-bank has risen in radiance?

And dawn with its light begins to shine through

فاشربْ على وَردَةٍ ورديةٍ قَدُمَتْ

فاشربْ على وَردَةٍ ورديةٍ قَدُمَتْ

كأَنها خَدُّ رِيمٍ رِيمَ فامتنَعَا

كأَنها خَدُّ رِيمٍ رِيمَ فامتنَعَا

So drink over a rose, rose-hued and aged,

So drink to a rosy cheeked rose that has just opened

As though it were the cheek of a gazelle, sought but refusing.

Like a beloved's cheek that coyly withdrew