وَمُدامة لا يَبتَغي مِن رَبِهِ أَحَد

وَمُدامة لا يَبتَغي مِن رَبِهِ أَحَد

حَباه بِها لَدَيهِ مَزيدا

حَباه بِها لَدَيهِ مَزيدا

And a wine—no one seeks from his Lord,

A goblet whose like no one hopes anymore to gain from their Lord,

once He has granted it to him, anything more in His keeping.

He graced her with it as extra bounty;

في كَأسِها صُور يَظن لِحُسنِها

في كَأسِها صُور يَظن لِحُسنِها

عُرُباً برَزنَ مِن الجِنان وَغيدا

عُرُباً برَزنَ مِن الجِنان وَغيدا

In its cup are figures that, for their beauty, one takes

In her glass seem forms which for loveliness

for amorous, supple women come forth from Paradise.

You'd deem Houris that strode from the Gardenbowers, or moonshine.

وَإِذا المَزاج أَثارِها فَتَقَسَمَت

وَإِذا المَزاج أَثارِها فَتَقَسَمَت

ذَهَباً وَدُرّاً تَوأماً وَفَريدا

ذَهَباً وَدُرّاً تَوأماً وَفَريدا

And when the mixing water stirs them, they share out

When her mixer excites her, she splits herself up

gold and pearls, paired and single.

Into gold and pearls, twins and sole;

وَكَأَنَهُنَّ لَبسنَ ذاكَ مجاسداً

وَكَأَنَهُنَّ لَبسنَ ذاكَ مجاسداً

وَجَعَلنَ ذا لِنحورَهن عُقودا

وَجَعَلنَ ذا لِنحورَهن عُقودا

And it is as though they wore that as saffron-dyed robes,

And 'tis as though they donned for the sake of adornment

and made this into necklaces for their throats.

Those shapes, and made them collars for their necks.