يا اِبنَ عيسى اِبنَ فَرُّخانَ وَلِلعُج

يا اِبنَ عيسى اِبنَ فَرُّخانَ وَلِلعُج

مِ بِعيسى اِبنَ فَرُّخانَ اِفتِخارُ

مِ بِعيسى اِبنَ فَرُّخانَ اِفتِخارُ

O son of Isa ibn Farrukhan—and the Persians

O son of Jesus, son of Farroukhan, for distress

take pride in Isa ibn Farrukhan.

There is pride in Jesus son of Farroukhan

قَد حَطَطنا بِدَيرِ قُنّى وَما نَب

قَد حَطَطنا بِدَيرِ قُنّى وَما نَب

غي قِرىً غَيرَ أَن يَكونَ العُقارُ

غي قِرىً غَيرَ أَن يَكونَ العُقارُ

We have stopped at the monastery of Qunna, and we seek no

We have descended upon Dayr Qunna, and do not desire

hospitality except wine.

Any abode other than there being fresh water

فَاِسقِ مِن حَيثُ كانَ يَشرَبُ كِسرى

فَاِسقِ مِن حَيثُ كانَ يَشرَبُ كِسرى

عُصبَةً كُلُّهُم ظِماءٌ حِرارُ

عُصبَةً كُلُّهُم ظِماءٌ حِرارُ

So pour, from where Kisra used to drink,

So pour from where Kisra used to drink

for a company, all parched and burning with thirst,

A band, all of them thirsty and heated

مِن كُمَيتٍ تَوَلَّتِ الشَمسُ مِنها

مِن كُمَيتٍ تَوَلَّتِ الشَمسُ مِنها

ما تَوَلَّتهُ مِن سِواها النارُ

ما تَوَلَّتهُ مِن سِواها النارُ

a dark-red wine, for which the sun has done

From a vat which the sun has abandoned

what fire has done for other wines.

Abandoning it not from other than it, fire

فَهيَ الخَمرُ غَيرَ أَن غَرَّ مِنها

فَهيَ الخَمرُ غَيرَ أَن غَرَّ مِنها

لَقَبٌ مُحدَثٌ لَها مُستَعارُ

لَقَبٌ مُحدَثٌ لَها مُستَعارُ

So it is wine, though one is misled about it

It is the wine, except an alien name

by a newly coined name borrowed for it.

Was attributed to it, borrowed

وَعَلَيكَ الإِكثارُ إِذ كانَ مَن شَأ

وَعَلَيكَ الإِكثارُ إِذ كانَ مَن شَأ

نِ الكَثيرِ المَحاسِنِ الإِكثارُ

نِ الكَثيرِ المَحاسِنِ الإِكثارُ

And you must give abundantly, for it is the way

And upon you much generosity, since it was the way

of one rich in virtues to give abundantly.

Of the generous, the plentiful, to be generous