تَجَنَّبَ حانَةَ الصَهبا

تَجَنَّبَ حانَةَ الصَهبا

ءِ وَاِهجُر أَبَداً حانَك

ءِ وَاِهجُر أَبَداً حانَك

Shun the tavern of tawny wine

Avoid the tavern of tawny wine,

and forsake your own tavern forever.

and forsake your tavern forever.

وَلا تُرسِل عَلى الثَلَّ

وَلا تُرسِل عَلى الثَلَّ

ةِ في الغَفلَةِ سِرحانَك

ةِ في الغَفلَةِ سِرحانَك

Do not let loose upon the breach

And do not unleash upon the flock

your wolf, in heedlessness.

your wolf in heedlessness.

وَلا تَرفَع لِغَيرِ اللَهِ

وَلا تَرفَع لِغَيرِ اللَهِ

في الحِندِسِ أَلحانَك

في الحِندِسِ أَلحانَك

And do not raise to anyone but God,

And do not raise to anyone but God

in the pitch-black night, your melodies.

your melodies in the pitch darkness.

وَيا دَهرُ لَحاكَ اللَهُ

وَيا دَهرُ لَحاكَ اللَهُ

ما هَنَّأتَ فَرحانَك

ما هَنَّأتَ فَرحانَك

O Time, may God curse you!

And O Time, may God curse you!

Never have you let your joyful one savor joy,

You have never gladdened your joyful one.

وَما أَخلَيتَ مِن سُقمٍ

وَما أَخلَيتَ مِن سُقمٍ

يَفُضُّ الجِسمَ قُرحانَك

يَفُضُّ الجِسمَ قُرحانَك

nor have you freed from sickness

Nor have you spared from sickness

your sore-stricken one, whose body it shatters.

your unscathed one, whose body it shatters.

فَقُل رَوحَكَ مَّولانا

فَقُل رَوحَكَ مَّولانا

لِراجيكَ وَريحانَك

لِراجيكَ وَريحانَك

Then say: “Our Lord, Your relief is for

So say: 'Grant Your relief, our Lord,

whoever hopes in You, and so is Your fragrant bounty.”

and Your sustenance to him who hopes in You;

فَقَد أَجرَيتَ جَيحانَ

فَقَد أَجرَيتَ جَيحانَ

كَ في الأَرضِ وَسَيحانَك

كَ في الأَرضِ وَسَيحانَك

For You have set Your Jayḥān flowing

for You have set Your Jayhan flowing

through the earth, and Your Sayḥān;

through the earth, and Your Sayhan;

وَقَد أَسَلتَ شَيبانَ

وَقَد أَسَلتَ شَيبانَ

كَ بِالرِزقِ وَمِلحانَك

كَ بِالرِزقِ وَمِلحانَك

and You have made Your Shaybān flow

and You have made Your Shayban flow

with sustenance—and Your Milḥān as well.

with sustenance, and Your Milhan.'