عِندَنا زَهرَةٌ لَها إِشراقٌ

عِندَنا زَهرَةٌ لَها إِشراقٌ

وَنَدامى بِشَمِّها حُذّاقُ

وَنَدامى بِشَمِّها حُذّاقُ

We have a flower endowed with radiance,

We have a flower with radiant glow

And drinking companions adept at savoring its scent.

Whose fragrance makes experts enchanted know

وَحَبابٌ عَلى كُؤوسٍ كَوَردٍ

وَحَبابٌ عَلى كُؤوسٍ كَوَردٍ

لِلنَدى في ثِيابِهِ أَطواقُ

لِلنَدى في ثِيابِهِ أَطواقُ

And bubbles on cups, like roses,

Dew drops on chalices like roses bloom

On whose robes dew forms collars.

While veils of mist as necklaces festoon

كُلَّما ساقَها مِنَ الدَنِّ ساقُ

كُلَّما ساقَها مِنَ الدَنِّ ساقُ

ظَلَّ لِلَيلٍ مِن سَناها سِباقُ

ظَلَّ لِلَيلٍ مِن سَناها سِباقُ

Whenever a cupbearer pours it from the wine jar,

Whenever she's led away from humbleness

The night remains in a race with its radiance.

The night’s obscurity from her brightness flees

وَلَنا زامِرٌ يَتيهُ بِزَمرٍ

وَلَنا زامِرٌ يَتيهُ بِزَمرٍ

لِاِجتِماعِ الهُمومِ مِنهُ اِفتِراقُ

لِاِجتِماعِ الهُمومِ مِنهُ اِفتِراقُ

And we have a piper who glories in his piping;

We have a flute that sadly blows refrain

Through him, gathered cares are scattered.

To break our sorrows when they gather again

وَمُغَنٍّ لَهُ طِرازُ عِذارٍ

وَمُغَنٍّ لَهُ طِرازُ عِذارٍ

فَوقَ خَدٍّ لَهُ حَواشٍ رَقاقُ

فَوقَ خَدٍّ لَهُ حَواشٍ رَقاقُ

And a singer with an embroidered border of cheek-down,

A singer whose melodious voice is choice

Above a cheek with delicate fringes.

Above a cheek whose dimples are so choice

كُلَّما أَرعَدَت مَثانيهِ أَضحى

كُلَّما أَرعَدَت مَثانيهِ أَضحى

لِلأَباريقِ بَينَنا إِبراقُ

لِلأَباريقِ بَينَنا إِبراقُ

Whenever his paired strings thunder, there comes

Whene’er his throat loudly begins to trill

A flash of lightning from the pitchers among us.

Among us glasses begin at once to spill

فَاِركَبِ الإِنخِلاعَ نَحوي فَعِندي

فَاِركَبِ الإِنخِلاعَ نَحوي فَعِندي

لِلخَلاعاتِ في السُرورِ سِباقُ

لِلخَلاعاتِ في السُرورِ سِباقُ

So ride abandon toward me, for with me

So join me in this jovial atmosphere

There is a race of wanton revels in merriment.

Where joyous hearts know no restraint or fear

ما تَرى جَوهَرَ البَنَفسَجِ يَغدو

ما تَرى جَوهَرَ البَنَفسَجِ يَغدو

في اِخضِرارِ الرِياضِ مِنهُ اِزرِقاقُ

في اِخضِرارِ الرِياضِ مِنهُ اِزرِقاقُ

Do you not see the violet's jewel, as there arises

You’ll never see the hyacinth so fair

From it a blueness amid the gardens' green?

As when green gardens azure blossoms wear

وَنُحورُ الغُصونِ تَجلى عَلَينا

وَنُحورُ الغُصونِ تَجلى عَلَينا

بِعُقودِ فُصولِها الأَوراقُ

بِعُقودِ فُصولِها الأَوراقُ

And the necks of the branches are unveiled before us,

The boughs' slim necks shine gracefully in rows

With necklaces whose dividing beads are leaves.

Adorned with leafy necklaces that close

قالَهُ فَالعَيشُ مِن عُداةِ التَواني

قالَهُ فَالعَيشُ مِن عُداةِ التَواني

مِثلَ البَدرِ مِن عُداةِ المِحاقُ

مِثلَ البَدرِ مِن عُداةِ المِحاقُ

He said it—for life is a foe of idleness,

Thus spoke the sage, life without tedium lives

As the full moon is a foe of the moon's dark phase.

Like the full moon sans any trace that hides