نادَمتُ في الدَّيرِ بني عَلقَما

نادَمتُ في الدَّيرِ بني عَلقَما

عاطَيتُهُم مَشمُوَلةً عِندَما

عاطَيتُهُم مَشمُوَلةً عِندَما

I drank with the sons of ʿAlqama in the monastery.

I reproached myself in the monastery of Bani Alqama

I passed them wine cooled by the north wind, red as ʿandam dye.

When I gave them intoxicating drinks

كأَنَّ رِبحَ المِسكِ في كأسِها

كأَنَّ رِبحَ المِسكِ في كأسِها

إذا مَزَجناها بِماءِ السَّما

إذا مَزَجناها بِماءِ السَّما

As though the scent of musk were in its cup,

As if the profit of musk in its cup

When we mixed it with water from the sky.

When we mix it with the water of the sky

عَلقَمُ ما بالُكَ لَم تَأتِنا

عَلقَمُ ما بالُكَ لَم تَأتِنا

أَمَا اشتَهَيتَ اليَومَ أَنَّ تَنعَما

أَمَا اشتَهَيتَ اليَومَ أَنَّ تَنعَما

ʿAlqam, why have you not come to us?

Alqama, what is wrong with you, why did you not come to us

Have you not wished today to enjoy yourself?

Do you not desire today to indulge?

مَن سَرَّهُ العَيشُ وَلذَّاتُهُ

مَن سَرَّهُ العَيشُ وَلذَّاتُهُ

فَليَجعَلِ الرَّاحَ لَهُ سُلَّما

فَليَجعَلِ الرَّاحَ لَهُ سُلَّما

Whoever delights in life and its pleasures,

He who desires life and its pleasures

Then let him make wine his ladder.

Let him make rest his ladder