تَنَبَّهْ قد بدى شمسُ العُقَارْ

تَنَبَّهْ قد بدى شمسُ العُقَارْ

وَقدْ غلبَ الشعاعُ على النهارْ

وَقدْ غلبَ الشعاعُ على النهارْ

Awake: the sun of wine has appeared,

The sun of the vineyards has dawned

And its radiance has overpowered the daylight.

And its rays have overwhelmed the day

سُلافاً قدْ صَفتْ قِدْماً وَرَاقَتْ

سُلافاً قدْ صَفتْ قِدْماً وَرَاقَتْ

أدِرْها بالصِّغار وبالكبارْ

أدِرْها بالصِّغار وبالكبارْ

Choice wine, pure from of old and delightful—

Pure wine has been described and delighted

Pass it round in small cups and large ones.

Pass it around to small and great

فَمَا عُصِرَتْ وما جُعلت بدنٍّ

فَمَا عُصِرَتْ وما جُعلت بدنٍّ

وما سُبكتْ زُجاجتُها بنارْ

وما سُبكتْ زُجاجتُها بنارْ

For it was not pressed, nor placed in a wine jar,

It was neither pressed nor fermented

Nor was its glass vessel cast with fire.

Nor was its bottle fused by fire

شَربْناها بِدَيْر ليس فيه

شَربْناها بِدَيْر ليس فيه

سِوَى الحلاَج في خَلْعِ العذَارْ

سِوَى الحلاَج في خَلْعِ العذَارْ

We drank it in a monastery where there was none

We drank it in a monastery where

But al-Hallaj, casting off the bridle.

None dwelt but the stripped monks

قَدِيمٌ عَهدُنا بالسُّكر عِزًّا

قَدِيمٌ عَهدُنا بالسُّكر عِزًّا

وَما سُكْر الفَتى منها بعارْ

وَما سُكْر الفَتى منها بعارْ

Our bond with drunkenness is ancient, a source of honor,

Our friendship with wine is old and dear

And a young man's drunkenness from it is no disgrace.

And the youth's drunkenness with it no shame

نَشا في القَوْم شَماسٌ لطيفٌ

نَشا في القَوْم شَماسٌ لطيفٌ

يَجُرُّ الذّيلَ في ثَوْبِ الوقارْ

يَجُرُّ الذّيلَ في ثَوْبِ الوقارْ

A gentle deacon arose among the company,

A gentle candlebearer arose among the people

Trailing his hem in a robe of dignity.

Dragging the train of his stately robe

فَأفْناُهمْ به عَنْهُمْ فَتَاهُوا

فَأفْناُهمْ به عَنْهُمْ فَتَاهُوا

فَمَا يُرْويهُمُو شُرْبُ البِحَارْ

فَمَا يُرْويهُمُو شُرْبُ البِحَارْ

So through it he effaced them from themselves, and they wandered lost;

We distracted them from themselves and they became lost

So drinking the seas cannot quench their thirst.

Not even drinking oceans could quench their thirst

تَرَاهُمْ شاخصينَ بِغيرِ لُبٍّ

تَرَاهُمْ شاخصينَ بِغيرِ لُبٍّ

وقد سُلبُوا بِغَير الإختْيارْ

وقد سُلبُوا بِغَير الإختْيارْ

You see them staring, bereft of reason,

You see them staring blankly, senseless

And they have been robbed, without their choosing.

Stripped without choice

وعند دُخُولهم في الدير ألَقوْا

وعند دُخُولهم في الدير ألَقوْا

عَصَاهم إذ ألمُّوا بالجوارْ

عَصَاهم إذ ألمُّوا بالجوارْ

And upon entering the monastery, they cast down

And upon entering the monastery they cast

Their staff, as they alighted nearby,

Their staffs as they felt the neighboorhood

كما أَلْقى الكليم بها عصَاه

كما أَلْقى الكليم بها عصَاه

وَولَّى بالمخافَةِ للفرارْ

وَولَّى بالمخافَةِ للفرارْ

Just as God's interlocutor cast his staff there,

As the Kalim had cast down his staff

And turned away in fear to flee.

And fled in fear of escape

وَخَلوا رَأسَ مالهمُو طرِيحا

وَخَلوا رَأسَ مالهمُو طرِيحا

هُنَاك وَأْقبلوا بالإفتِقارْ

هُنَاك وَأْقبلوا بالإفتِقارْ

And they left their capital cast aside

And they left their capital fallen

There, and came forward in poverty.

There, and came destitute

إِضَاعَة مَالهم وجبت عَليهمْ

إِضَاعَة مَالهم وجبت عَليهمْ

كما وَجَب السُّؤَال بالاضطْرَارْ

كما وَجَب السُّؤَال بالاضطْرَارْ

Squandering their wealth became incumbent upon them,

Squandering their money became binding upon them

Just as begging became obligatory out of necessity.

As questioning becomes binding in need

لِسانُ الششْترَيِّ بِهم وَلوعٌ

لِسانُ الششْترَيِّ بِهم وَلوعٌ

وَعَنْهم حَالهْ مُرْ اصْطبارْ

وَعَنْهم حَالهْ مُرْ اصْطبارْ

Al-Shushtari's tongue is enamored of them,

The tongue of Shatray is raging at them

And away from them, his state is bitter endurance.

And it is best to be patient with their state