حُقَّ لِهَذَا الشَّايِ أَن يُوصَفَا

حُقَّ لِهَذَا الشَّايِ أَن يُوصَفَا

فِي مَجلسٍ صَافٍ ويَومٍ صَفَا

فِي مَجلسٍ صَافٍ ويَومٍ صَفَا

This tea deserves to be described,

This tea deserves to be described

In a serene gathering and on a clear day,

In a pure gathering and a clear day

في مَجلِسٍ مَا شَابَهُ شَائِبٌ

في مَجلِسٍ مَا شَابَهُ شَائِبٌ

خَالٍ مِن أربَابِ الخَنَا والجَفَا

خَالٍ مِن أربَابِ الخَنَا والجَفَا

In a gathering no blemish had marred,

In a gathering not disturbed by folly

Free of those given to obscenity and rudeness.

Free from the owners of malice and estrangement

مَا ضَمَّ إِلاَّ سَيِّداً مَاجِداً

مَا ضَمَّ إِلاَّ سَيِّداً مَاجِداً

أو مِزهَراً أو شَادِناً أهيَفَا

أو مِزهَراً أو شَادِناً أهيَفَا

It held only a noble lord,

It included only a noble master

Or a lute, or a slender-waisted young gazelle.

Or a blossoming or gentle branch

ضَمَّ الأَديبَ الناجِيَ المُرتَضى

ضَمَّ الأَديبَ الناجِيَ المُرتَضى

وَالمُرتَضى ابنَ المُرتَضى يُوسُفَا

وَالمُرتَضى ابنَ المُرتَضى يُوسُفَا

It gathered the man of letters, al-Naji al-Murtada,

It included the accomplished poet Al-Naji

And the esteemed Yusuf, son of al-Murtada.

And Al-Murtada the son of Al-Murtada Yusuf

وفِيهِ أخنَاثُ الفَتَاةُ التى

وفِيهِ أخنَاثُ الفَتَاةُ التى

فِيهَا لِعَلاتِ العَلِيلِ شِفَا

فِيهَا لِعَلاتِ العَلِيلِ شِفَا

And in it is Akhnath, the maiden who

And in it the softness of the girl

Holds within her a cure for the sick man's ailments.

In whom is healing for the ailments of the sick

شَمسَيَّةُ الوَجهِ إِذَا قَابَلَت

شَمسَيَّةُ الوَجهِ إِذَا قَابَلَت

شَمس الضُّحَى أيقَنتَ أن تُكشَفَا

شَمس الضُّحَى أيقَنتَ أن تُكشَفَا

Her face is sun-like; when she faces

Shamsiyya of face when she meets

The morning sun, you are sure it will be unveiled.

The morning sun you'd know she'd be unveiled

والشَّاىُ شَاىٌ مُنتَقىً مُصطفي

والشَّاىُ شَاىٌ مُنتَقىً مُصطفي

مِن خَيرِ شَاىٍ مُنتَقىً مُصطفي

مِن خَيرِ شَاىٍ مُنتَقىً مُصطفي

And the tea is select, choice tea,

And the tea is select chosen tea

From the finest select, choice tea.

Of the best select chosen tea

تَبدُو عَلَى كَأسَاتِه هَالَةٌ

تَبدُو عَلَى كَأسَاتِه هَالَةٌ

تَخَالُ بَدرَ التَّمِّ فِيهَا اختفي

تَخَالُ بَدرَ التَّمِّ فِيهَا اختفي

A halo appears upon its cups;

On its cups appears an aura

You imagine the full moon has hidden within it.

You'd think the full moon hid in it

تَرشَافُها شَافٍ لِنَفسِ الفَتَى

تَرشَافُها شَافٍ لِنَفسِ الفَتَى

إنَّ شِفَاءَ النَّفسِ أن تَرشُفَا

إنَّ شِفَاءَ النَّفسِ أن تَرشُفَا

Sipping from them heals a young man's soul;

Its aroma heals the soul of the youth

Indeed, the soul's cure is for you to sip.

Surely the healing of the soul is to inhale its scent