جَميلَ الصَّنيعِ بأهْل الأدَبْ

جَميلَ الصَّنيعِ بأهْل الأدَبْ

بَيتَ لنا في الهنا والطَرَبْ

بَيتَ لنا في الهنا والطَرَبْ

O you who deal graciously with people of letters,

It is beautiful to treat the people of literature kindly

A home for us amid happiness and delight,

Build for us a home in delight and musical rhythm

أعِندك علمٌ بأنَّ الهمومَ

أعِندك علمٌ بأنَّ الهمومَ

على خاطِر المرءِ مثل الجرب

على خاطِر المرءِ مثل الجرب

Do you know that worries

Do you know that worries

Are like scabies upon a person's mind?

Settle on a person's mind like scabies

ولا من دواء لأدوائنا

ولا من دواء لأدوائنا

ولا برءَ منها كبنت العنب

ولا برءَ منها كبنت العنب

And no remedy for our ailments,

And there is no cure for our pains

Nor cure for them, is like the daughter of the grape,

Nor recovery from them, like grapes on the vine

وحشر مع الغانيات الحسان

وحشر مع الغانيات الحسان

إذا حشر المرء معْ من أحب

إذا حشر المرء معْ من أحب

And a gathering with fair, beautiful women,

And keep company with the beautiful singers

If a man is gathered with those he has loved.

If one is resurrected with those one loves

وإنِّي فقيرٌ إلى قهوةٍ

وإنِّي فقيرٌ إلى قهوةٍ

ومن لي مثل ذوب الذهب

ومن لي مثل ذوب الذهب

And indeed I am in need of wine—

And I am in need of coffee

And who will give me some like molten gold?

Who can bring me something like molten gold

تقوّي العظام وتشفي السقام

تقوّي العظام وتشفي السقام

وتذهب عن شاربيها النصب

وتذهب عن شاربيها النصب

It strengthens the bones and heals sickness,

It strengthens the bones and heals illness

And removes weariness from those who drink it.

And takes away the fatigue of those who drink it

إذا مُزِجَتْ بابن ماء السَّماء

إذا مُزِجَتْ بابن ماء السَّماء

تولَّدَ منها لآلي الحبب

تولَّدَ منها لآلي الحبب

When mixed with the son of heaven's water,

When it is mixed with the water of the sky

Pearls of bubbles are born from it.

Wondrous pleasures are born from it

فيا مَن ودادي له ثابت

فيا مَن ودادي له ثابت

وما ليَ عن حُبِّه منْقَلَبْ

وما ليَ عن حُبِّه منْقَلَبْ

So, O you for whom my affection is steadfast,

So oh you whose affection for me is constant

And from whose love I have no turning away,

And I have no turning away from loving you

صَراحَتي ما بها قطرةٌ

صَراحَتي ما بها قطرةٌ

فقل عند ذلك يا للعجب

فقل عند ذلك يا للعجب

My wine flask holds not a drop,

My hangover has not a drop

So say at that: 'How astonishing!'

Say at that, "Oh, how strange!"

وأَنْتَ ملكت نصابَ الشراب

وأَنْتَ ملكت نصابَ الشراب

فأين الزكاة وهذا رجب

فأين الزكاة وهذا رجب

And you possess enough wine to owe alms—

And you own the drinking cups

So where are the alms, now that it is Rajab?

So where is the charity-due and this is Rajab?