عَدِّ عَن رَسمٍ وَعَن كُثُبِ

عَدِّ عَن رَسمٍ وَعَن كُثُبِ

وَالهُ عَنهُ بِابنَةِ العِنَبِ

وَالهُ عَنهُ بِابنَةِ العِنَبِ

Turn away from a ruined campsite and from dunes,

Turn away from drawing and from dunes,

Turn away from the ruins and the shifting dunes,

and divert yourself from it with the daughter of the grape—

And distract him with the daughter of the grapevines,

And find your solace in the daughter of the vine.

بِالَّتي إِن جِئتُ أَخطُبُها

بِالَّتي إِن جِئتُ أَخطُبُها

حُلِّيَت حَلياً مِنَ الذَهَبِ

حُلِّيَت حَلياً مِنَ الذَهَبِ

with her who, if I come to seek her hand,

She whom if I come to propose to,

She whom, were I to come seeking her hand,

is adorned with ornaments of gold.

Would be adorned with jewelry made of gold.

Would appear adorned in ornaments of gold.

خُلِقَت لِلهَمِّ قاهِرَةً

خُلِقَت لِلهَمِّ قاهِرَةً

وَعَدُوَّ المالِ وَالنَشَبِ

وَعَدُوَّ المالِ وَالنَشَبِ

She was created as a conqueror of sorrow

Created for overwhelming anxiety,

She was created to be the conqueror of care,

and an enemy of money and possessions.

And the enemy of money and youth.

And a sworn enemy to wealth and property.

لَم يَذُقها قَطُّ راشِفُها

لَم يَذُقها قَطُّ راشِفُها

فَخَلا مِن لاعِجِ الطَرَبِ

فَخَلا مِن لاعِجِ الطَرَبِ

No one who sips her has ever tasted her

Her drunk has never tasted her,

Never has a sipper tasted of her draught,

and been free of the burning ardor of rapture.

So she is free of the audacity of excitement.

And remained free of the burning pangs of bliss.

لا تَشِنها بِالَّتي كَرِهَت

لا تَشِنها بِالَّتي كَرِهَت

فَهيَ تَأبى دَعوَةَ النَسَبِ

فَهيَ تَأبى دَعوَةَ النَسَبِ

Do not mar her with the one she hates,

Do not compare her to the one you hated,

Do not disgrace her with that which she abhors,

for she rejects the claim of kinship.

For she refuses the call of lineage.

For she refuses the claims of common lineage.