هلم اسقني كأسي ودع عنك من أبى

هلم اسقني كأسي ودع عنك من أبى

وروِّ عظاماً قصرُهُنَّ إلى بِلى

وروِّ عظاماً قصرُهُنَّ إلى بِلى

Come, give me my cup to drink, and leave alone whoever refuses.

Come, pour me my cup and leave those who refuse,

And slake the thirst of bones whose end is decay.

And moisten bones whose abode tends toward decay.

فأَنّ نديمي غير شَكٍّ مُكرَّمٌ

فأَنّ نديمي غير شَكٍّ مُكرَّمٌ

لديَّ وعندي من هواه الذي ارتضى

لديَّ وعندي من هواه الذي ارتضى

For my drinking companion is, without doubt, honored

For my boon companion, undoubtedly honored,

By me, and with me he has whatever he desires and chooses.

Is with me, one whose love he has chosen.

ولست له في فضلةِ الكأس قائلاً

ولست له في فضلةِ الكأس قائلاً

لأصرعهُ سكراً تحسَّ وقد أبى

لأصرعهُ سكراً تحسَّ وقد أبى

And I do not say to him, over what remains in the cup,

And I do not speak to him condescendingly

'Sip!'—to lay him low with drunkenness—when he has already refused.

Of the cup’s excess that would make him drunk against his will.

ولكن أُحييه واكرمُ وجههُ

ولكن أُحييه واكرمُ وجههُ

واشرب ما بقي واسقيه ما اشتهى

واشرب ما بقي واسقيه ما اشتهى

But I greet him and honor his face,

Rather I entertain him and honor his dignity,

And I drink what remains and give him whatever he desires.

Drinking what remains and pouring him what he desires.