أنخ الركائب في فِناء الدارِ

أنخ الركائب في فِناء الدارِ

وَانزْلَ بساحتها نزول الجارِ

وَانزْلَ بساحتها نزول الجارِ

Make the riding mounts kneel in the courtyard of the house.

I alighted my camel at the courtyard of the house

And alight in its courtyard as a neighbor would.

And entered its grounds as a neighbor would

يا صاحِ رَوِّجْهُنَّ من نَصب السُرى

يا صاحِ رَوِّجْهُنَّ من نَصب السُرى

واعلمْ بِأنك ما بَقيتَ لسَارِ

واعلمْ بِأنك ما بَقيتَ لسَارِ

O friend, give them respite from the toil of night travel.

O friend, send them away from the toil of travel

And know that, as long as you live, you are surely a traveler.

And know that you will not remain a wanderer

وانظرُ إِلى المغنَى الذي يبدو لنا

وانظرُ إِلى المغنَى الذي يبدو لنا

بالرقمتين عَن يمَين النارِ

بالرقمتين عَن يمَين النارِ

And look at the dwelling that appears to us

Look at the singer who appears to us

At al-Raqmatayn, to the right of the fire.

With two fingers plucking the strings

هَاتيكَ دارهمو وأمَّا نارُهمْ

هَاتيكَ دارهمو وأمَّا نارُهمْ

فقد اضرمت بالقصد للخُطَّارِ

فقد اضرمت بالقصد للخُطَّارِ

That is their house; and as for their fire,

That is their abode, and their fire

It has been deliberately kindled for passing guests.

Has been kindled to attract the revelers

يُهدى لها من تَاه في جنح الدُّجَى

يُهدى لها من تَاه في جنح الدُّجَى

فَهي الهدى للهائم المُحتارِ

فَهي الهدى للهائم المُحتارِ

Whoever strays beneath the wing of darkness is guided to it.

It guides those who are lost in the darkness of night

For it guides the bewildered wanderer.

It is guidance for the wandering and confused

يَهْنيكَ يا سعدُ الوصولُ إِليهمُ

يَهْنيكَ يا سعدُ الوصولُ إِليهمُ

فَلَقَدْ بلغْتَ منَازِلَ الأبْرَارَ

فَلَقَدْ بلغْتَ منَازِلَ الأبْرَارَ

May reaching them gladden you, O Sa'd.

How delightful for you, Saad, is reaching them

For you have reached the dwellings of the righteous.

You have attained the dwellings of the righteous

فاضرب عن الأسفار قد نلت المنى

فاضرب عن الأسفار قد نلت المنى

وبلغت دير القسِّ بالأسفار

وبلغت دير القسِّ بالأسفار

So turn away from journeys: you have attained your desires.

So cease from journeys, you have attained your wish

And through your travels you have reached the priest's monastery.

And reached the monastery after much travel

واشربْ مِنَ الرَّاحِ الذي يُقرَى به

واشربْ مِنَ الرَّاحِ الذي يُقرَى به

لِلوارد الصَّادي على المزْمَارِ

لِلوارد الصَّادي على المزْمَارِ

And drink of the wine offered in welcome

Drink of the wine with which they welcome

To the thirsty newcomer, to the sound of the pipe.

The new arrival ringing the bells

واسع إِلى ألا كان واخلع غيرها

واسع إِلى ألا كان واخلع غيرها

تَهْتَزَّ مِن طربٍ إلى الأوتارِ

تَهْتَزَّ مِن طربٍ إلى الأوتارِ

And strive toward [unclear phrase in the Arabic], and cast off all else.

Yearn only for the eternal, cast off all else

You will sway with rapture to the strings.

The strings will tremble with ecstasy

وادْخُلْ مَعَ النُّدْمان في ادابهمُ

وادْخُلْ مَعَ النُّدْمان في ادابهمُ

واحْفظْ عَلى الكتمان للأسْرارِ

واحْفظْ عَلى الكتمان للأسْرارِ

And join the drinking companions in their ways of conduct.

Join the companions in their manners

And keep the secrets concealed.

And keep their secrets well concealed

وَاخْلعْ عِذَاركَ في هَوَاهُمْ دائماً

وَاخْلعْ عِذَاركَ في هَوَاهُمْ دائماً

أو مَا تَراني قَدْ خَلعتُ عذَاري

أو مَا تَراني قَدْ خَلعتُ عذَاري

And always cast off your bridle in your love for them.

Make your excuse to be constantly in their love

Or do you not see that I have already cast off my bridle?

Or else you will see me cast off all restraint

مَن كانً يدعى سَبْعِنيَّا يَرْعَوي

مَن كانً يدعى سَبْعِنيَّا يَرْعَوي

في محْوِه والصَّحْوِ لِلمضْمَارِ

في محْوِه والصَّحْوِ لِلمضْمَارِ

He who was called a Sabʿinī turns back,

Let the one called "Seventy Year Old" graze

In his effacement and sobriety, toward the racecourse.

Oblivious in his stupor to the racetrack