أَدِرْ فَلَك المُدام وخلِّ عَتْبي

أَدِرْ فَلَك المُدام وخلِّ عَتْبي

ودونك فاسِقينها واسْقِ صحبي

ودونك فاسِقينها واسْقِ صحبي

Set the sphere of wine revolving, and stop reproaching me.

Turn the goblet of wine, and leave my troubles,

And take it: pour me some, and pour for my companions.

Below you, make them drink, and quench my friends,

فإنّ اليوم يومَ نَدًى وطَلّ

فإنّ اليوم يومَ نَدًى وطَلّ

ويوم حَياً وتُوْكافٍ وسكْب

ويوم حَياً وتُوْكافٍ وسكْب

For today is a day of dew and drizzle,

For today is a day of dew and longness,

And a day of rain, of dripping and pouring.

And a day of life, leisure, and pouring,

كأنّ الغيم بان له حبيبٌ

كأنّ الغيم بان له حبيبٌ

فأقبل باكياً بجفون صبّ

فأقبل باكياً بجفون صبّ

As though a beloved of the cloud had departed,

As if the clouds had a beloved,

So it came weeping with a lovesick lover’s eyelids.

Who came weeping with overflowing eyelids,

وقد نَضَحَ النَّسيم بماء ورد

وقد نَضَحَ النَّسيم بماء ورد

ومدّ على الهواء رداءَ سُحْبِ

ومدّ على الهواء رداءَ سُحْبِ

And the breeze has sprinkled rosewater,

The breeze was dripping with rosewater,

And spread a cloak of clouds over the air.

And drew on the air a gown of clouds,

فلو أبصرته طَشّاً ورشّاً

فلو أبصرته طَشّاً ورشّاً

إذاً لرقصتَ من طرب وعُجْب

إذاً لرقصتَ من طرب وعُجْب

Had you seen it in drizzle and spray,

If you saw it flowing and sprinkling,

Then you would have danced with rapture and wonder.

You would dance from joy and wonder,

كأنّ الشمس فيه عروس حَوْفٍ

كأنّ الشمس فيه عروس حَوْفٍ

تُزَفّ إليهم في ثوب شَرْب

تُزَفّ إليهم في ثوب شَرْب

The sun within it seems a bride of Hawf,

As if the sun within it was a bashful bride,

Escorted to them in a robe of fine linen.

Being led to it in a dress of drinking.