كُنتَ في قُرَّةِ عَيني

كُنتَ في قُرَّةِ عَيني

مَع أُبَيٍّ وَحُصَينِ

مَع أُبَيٍّ وَحُصَينِ

You were amid my eye's delight,

You were the apple of my eye

You were the solace of my eyes,

With Ubayy and Ḥuṣayn,

With Ubayy and Husayn

Along with Ubayy and Husayn,

وَالفَتى الأَرقَطِ يَحيى

وَالفَتى الأَرقَطِ يَحيى

وَعُبَيدِ العاشِقينِ

وَعُبَيدِ العاشِقينِ

And the freckled youth Yaḥyā,

And the virtuous, noble Yahya

And the freckled youth, Yahya,

And ʿUbayd of the lovers,

And the lovers, Ubayd

And Ubayd of the lovers' guild,

وَاِبنِ رِبعَيِّ الفَتى السَم

وَاِبنِ رِبعَيِّ الفَتى السَم

حِ الجَوادِ الراحَتَينِ

حِ الجَوادِ الراحَتَينِ

And Ibn Ribʿayy, the youth, open-

And the son of Rabia, the noble Samh

And Ibn Rib'i, that gentle lad,

handed, generous with both palms.

The generous, easy-going

Lavish with his open palms,

عِندَنا الصَهباءُ صِرفاً

عِندَنا الصَهباءُ صِرفاً

في قَواريرِ اللُجَينِ

في قَواريرِ اللُجَينِ

We had tawny wine, unmixed,

Wine flows freely for us

With us was reddish wine, unmixed,

In flasks of silver.

In crystal decanters

In flagons made of silver bright,

وَنَدامايَ كِرامٌ

وَنَدامايَ كِرامٌ

كُلُّهُم زَينٌ لِزَينِ

كُلُّهُم زَينٌ لِزَينِ

And my drinking companions were noble,

And we have generous, noble friends

My drinking mates were noble men,

All of them an adornment to beauty.

Each more beautiful than the next

Each an adornment to the rest,

وَنُغَنّي حينَ نَلهو

وَنُغَنّي حينَ نَلهو

لِغَريضٍ وَحُنَينِ

لِغَريضٍ وَحُنَينِ

And we sing as we make merry,

And we sing when we play around

We sang, as we pursued our joy,

Songs of Gharīḍ and Ḥunayn.

Out of longing and love

To the tunes of Gharid and Hunayn,

وَخِمٌ فَظٌّ غَليظٌ

وَخِمٌ فَظٌّ غَليظٌ

ساقَهُ اللَهُ لِحَيني

ساقَهُ اللَهُ لِحَيني

A disagreeable, harsh, coarse fellow—

And Khim is harsh, mean and rude

[Till came] a heavy, rude, coarse lout,

God drove him, to my doom—

May God destroy him soon

God drove him here to be my bane,

ذاكَ مِن شِقوَةِ جَدّي

ذاكَ مِن شِقوَةِ جَدّي

بَينَ إِخواني وَبَيني

بَينَ إِخواني وَبَيني

That came from my wretched luck—

That's the wretched legacy

It was a stroke of wretched luck,

Between my brothers and me.

Of my grandfather between me and my brothers

That came between my friends and me.