قد آثر القوم من بيروت همهمُ

قد آثر القوم من بيروت همهمُ

وضاعفت سكراتي وقفة النقد

وضاعفت سكراتي وقفة النقد

The people from Beirut have indeed put their own concerns first.

The people of Beirut have chosen their concerns

And the delay in payment has doubled my intoxication.

While my intoxications and criticisms have doubled

لي سكرتان وللندمان واحدة

لي سكرتان وللندمان واحدة

شيء خصصت به من دونهم وحدي

شيء خصصت به من دونهم وحدي

I have two intoxications, while the drinking companions have one.

I have two intoxications while the regretful has one

Something I alone have been singled out for, apart from them.

Something I have specified for myself, alone

الغوث يا من إليه قد مددت يدي

الغوث يا من إليه قد مددت يدي

ثم اقتدحت فاوْرى بالثنا زندي

ثم اقتدحت فاوْرى بالثنا زندي

Help, O you to whom I have stretched out my hand!

Help, O You to whom I have extended my hand

Then I struck a spark, and my fire-stick flared with praise.

Then I ignited, so light my firebrand