رُدِّي الكُؤوسَ التي فيها حُميَّاكِ

رُدِّي الكُؤوسَ التي فيها حُميَّاكِ

فما أَرى الرَّاحَ إِلاَّ من مُحيَّاكِ

فما أَرى الرَّاحَ إِلاَّ من مُحيَّاكِ

Take back the cups that hold your heady wine;

Return the cups that hold your intoxicating fire,

for I see no wine save what comes from your face.

for I see no wine save what comes from your face.

كَفاكِ ما فعلتهُ مُقلتاكِ وإِن

كَفاكِ ما فعلتهُ مُقلتاكِ وإِن

أَنكرتِهُ أثبتَت دَعوايَ خَدَّاكِ

أَنكرتِهُ أثبتَت دَعوايَ خَدَّاكِ

What your two eyes have done is enough—and if

What your eyes have done is enough; and if

you deny it, your cheeks prove my claim.

you deny it, your cheeks have proved my claim.

يا أختَ ريمِ النَّقا جيداً وسالِفَةً

يا أختَ ريمِ النَّقا جيداً وسالِفَةً

وَضُرةَ الشمسِ من بالفَتكِ أَفتاكِ

وَضُرةَ الشمسِ من بالفَتكِ أَفتاكِ

O sister of the dune-gazelle in neck and nape,

O sister of the dune's gazelle in neck and throat,

and rival of the sun—who gave you a fatwa to slay?

and rival of the sun, who gave you leave to slay?

ما ضرِّ ربعَكِ إِعراضُ السَّحابِ وَقَد

ما ضرِّ ربعَكِ إِعراضُ السَّحابِ وَقَد

هَمَى بهِ عارِضٌ من جَفنِيَ الباكي

هَمَى بهِ عارِضٌ من جَفنِيَ الباكي

What harm could the clouds’ turning away do your abode, when

The clouds' neglect has not harmed your dwelling, for already

my own cloud-bank has rained upon it from this weeper’s eyes?

a raincloud from my weeping eyelid has poured upon it.

لولا هواكِ لَما استنشقتُ خافِقةً

لولا هواكِ لَما استنشقتُ خافِقةً

منَ النَّسيمِ لأروي عَنهُ رَيَّاكِ

منَ النَّسيمِ لأروي عَنهُ رَيَّاكِ

Were it not for your love, I would never inhale a single waft

Were it not for love of you, I would not have inhaled a waft

of breeze, to tell from it of your fragrance.

of the breeze, to recount your fragrance on its authority.

كُلِّفتِ ظُلأماً بإتلافِ النفوسِ فيا

كُلِّفتِ ظُلأماً بإتلافِ النفوسِ فيا

لمياءُ من ذا على الأرواحِ ولاَّكِ

لمياءُ من ذا على الأرواحِ ولاَّكِ

You were unjustly commissioned to destroy lives—so, O

You were unjustly tasked with destroying souls—so, O

dark-lipped beauty, who appointed you over souls?

dark-lipped one, who appointed you over souls?

وجَدتُ حبَّكِ في قلبي فكيفَ أرى

وجَدتُ حبَّكِ في قلبي فكيفَ أرى

لَهُ شريكاً وهذا عينُ إِشراكي

لَهُ شريكاً وهذا عينُ إِشراكي

I found your love within my heart; how could I see

And I found love of you in my heart; so how could I see

a partner beside it? That is idolatry itself.

a partner for it, when that would be sheer idolatry on my part?

لا تُظهري أبداً ممَّا أكابدهُ

لا تُظهري أبداً ممَّا أكابدهُ

تنصُّلاً فأَنا من بعضِ قتلاكِ

تنصُّلاً فأَنا من بعضِ قتلاكِ

Never, over all that I endure, make a show

Never show, concerning what I endure,

of innocence—for I am one among your slain.

any disavowal, for I am one of your slain.