أَلَسْتَ تَرَى الظَّلاَمَ وَقَدْ تَوَلَّى

أَلَسْتَ تَرَى الظَّلاَمَ وَقَدْ تَوَلَّى

وَعُنْقُودَ الثُّرَيَّا قَدْ تَدَلَّى

وَعُنْقُودَ الثُّرَيَّا قَدْ تَدَلَّى

Do you not see the darkness now departed,

Do you not see the darkness as it departs

and the cluster of the Pleiades hanging low?

And the grape cluster hangs low?

فَدُونَكَ قَهْوَةً لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهَا

فَدُونَكَ قَهْوَةً لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهَا

تَقَادُمُ عَهْدِهَا إِلاَّ الأَقَلاَّ

تَقَادُمُ عَهْدِهَا إِلاَّ الأَقَلاَّ

So take this wine, of which nothing remains,

So make yourself a coffee untouched

after its long aging, but the merest remnant.

With only its stale grounds remaining

بَزَلْنَا دَنَّهَا واللَّيْلُ دَاجٍ

بَزَلْنَا دَنَّهَا واللَّيْلُ دَاجٍ

فَصَيَّرَتِ الدُّجَى شَمْسَاً وَظِلاَّ

فَصَيَّرَتِ الدُّجَى شَمْسَاً وَظِلاَّ

We tapped its wine jar while the night was dark,

We approached it closely as night fell

and it turned the darkness into sun and shade.

And the gloom made a sun and shade