شِربنا مُذاب النار بعد فكاكها

شِربنا مُذاب النار بعد فكاكها

فقهقت الأكوابُ في وثبةِ الجمر

فقهقت الأكوابُ في وثبةِ الجمر

We drank molten fire after its release,

We drank molten fire after its release,

Then the cups laughed aloud as the embers leapt,

The cups clattered in the leap of embers.

وأحرجت الأقزامَ حتى تلعثموا

وأحرجت الأقزامَ حتى تلعثموا

ورَّوعت الظُّلامَ في غضبةِ الحر

ورَّوعت الظُّلامَ في غضبةِ الحر

And embarrassed the dwarfs until they stammered,

It embarrassed the dwarves until they stuttered,

And terrified the tyrants in the free man's wrath.

And startled the darkness in the wrath of heat.

نعم ظلموها من سنينٍ بحبسها

نعم ظلموها من سنينٍ بحبسها

ولم يعلموا فالخمرُ روحٌ لمن يدري

ولم يعلموا فالخمرُ روحٌ لمن يدري

Yes, they wronged it for years by imprisoning it,

Yes, they wronged it for years by imprisoning it,

And they did not know—for wine is a spirit to those who understand.

And did not know that wine is the spirit for those who understand.

ولما زأرنا قيل سَكري تخبطوا

ولما زأرنا قيل سَكري تخبطوا

وما نحن من يعنو إلى اللهوِ والسكر

وما نحن من يعنو إلى اللهوِ والسكر

And when we roared, it was said: "Drunkards stumbling about!"

When we roared they said you are drunk and delirious,

And we are not those who yield to revelry and drunkenness.

We are not inclined to frivolity and drunkenness.

ولكننا ثُرنا على الضيم والقذى

ولكننا ثُرنا على الضيم والقذى

كما ثارت الأكوابُ بالسُّخط والثأر

كما ثارت الأكوابُ بالسُّخط والثأر

But we rose up against oppression and filth,

But we rebelled against injustice and insults,

As the cups rose up in indignation and vengeance.

As the cups revolted with anger and revenge.

وما أُهدرت إلاّ وفي دمنا لها

وما أُهدرت إلاّ وفي دمنا لها

حقوق وأحكامٌ على الجبنِ والغدر

حقوق وأحكامٌ على الجبنِ والغدر

And it was never spilled without having, in our blood,

It was not wasted except that in our blood,

Rights and judgments against cowardice and treachery.

It has rights and laws over cowardice and betrayal.

وما كان نخبَ اللهوِ كأسُ شريفةٌ

وما كان نخبَ اللهوِ كأسُ شريفةٌ

ولكنه رمزُ التطلع للفجر

ولكنه رمزُ التطلع للفجر

And no noble cup was a toast to revelry,

The elite of frivolity was not a noble cup,

But it was a symbol of yearning for the dawn.

But a symbol of aspiration for dawn.