وَمُوسِّدينَ عَلى الأَكُفِّ خُدودَهم

وَمُوسِّدينَ عَلى الأَكُفِّ خُدودَهم

قَد غالَهُم نَومُ الصَباحِ وَغالني

قَد غالَهُم نَومُ الصَباحِ وَغالني

And those resting their cheeks upon their palms—

Leaning their cheeks upon their palms

Morning sleep has overtaken them, and overtaken me.

Morning sleep had overcome them and overcome me

ما زِلتُ أَسقيهِم وَأَشرَبُ فَضلَهم

ما زِلتُ أَسقيهِم وَأَشرَبُ فَضلَهم

حَتّى سَكِرتُ وَنالَهُم ما نالَني

حَتّى سَكِرتُ وَنالَهُم ما نالَني

I kept serving them wine and drinking what they left,

I kept giving them drink and serving their remains

Until I became drunk, and what befell me befell them.

Until I became drunk and the same fate befell them

وَالخَمرُ تَعلَمُ كَيفَ تَطلُبُ ثَأرَها

وَالخَمرُ تَعلَمُ كَيفَ تَطلُبُ ثَأرَها

إِنّي أَمَلتُ إِناءَها فَأَمالَني

إِنّي أَمَلتُ إِناءَها فَأَمالَني

And wine knows how to seek its revenge:

And wine knows how to take its revenge

Indeed, I tilted its vessel, so it tilted me.

I tilted its cup so it made me tilt