أرسلت أشكو إليكم غداة ظمئي

أرسلت أشكو إليكم غداة ظمئي

وما شككت بأني سوف أغتبقُ

وما شككت بأني سوف أغتبقُ

I sent you word that morning, complaining of my thirst,

I sent a complaint to you the morning of my thirst

And never doubted I would drink wine that evening.

And I did not doubt that I would be rescued

فقد كتبت إلى أن خانني قلمي

فقد كتبت إلى أن خانني قلمي

وقد ترددت حتى ملني الطرق

وقد ترددت حتى ملني الطرق

For I wrote until my pen failed me,

For I wrote until my pen betrayed me

And went back and forth until the roads grew weary of me.

And I hesitated until the roads wearied me

أنت امرؤ جوده غمر ونائله

أنت امرؤ جوده غمر ونائله

همر ووبل نداه مسبل غدق

همر ووبل نداه مسبل غدق

You are a man whose generosity is a flood, and whose bounty

You are a man whose generosity is abundant and attainable

Pours down, and whose largesse rains in abundant torrents.

Whose care is flowing and whose gifts are generous

فابعث إليّ بصفو الراح يشبهه

فابعث إليّ بصفو الراح يشبهه

مني قريض ومنك العرف والخلق

مني قريض ومنك العرف والخلق

So send me pure wine, which is matched

So send me the essence of comfort, resembling

By verse from me, and by kindness and noble character from you.

From me, poetry, and from you, virtue and creation