يا أبا حفصٍ الذي

يا أبا حفصٍ الذي

حلَّ في خيرٍ عُنْصُرِ

حلَّ في خيرٍ عُنْصُرِ

O Abu Hafs, who

O Abu Hafs, who settled in prosperity,

has his place in the noblest stock,

For you in glory there is a gem,

لك في المجدِ جَوْهرٌ

لك في المجدِ جَوْهرٌ

جلَّ عن كلِّ جوهر

جلَّ عن كلِّ جوهر

in glory you possess a jewel

More eminent than any gem,

exalted above every jewel.

What do you see in al-Sanobar

ما ترى في الصَّنوْبَرِي

ما ترى في الصَّنوْبَرِي

يا عَذابَ الصنوبري

يا عَذابَ الصنوبري

What do you think of al-Ṣanawbarī,

O torment of al-Sanobar

O torment of al-Ṣanawbarī,

In a youth between tipsy ones

في فتىً بَينَ مُسْكري

في فتىً بَينَ مُسْكري

نِ غرامٍ وَمُسْكِر

نِ غرامٍ وَمُسْكِر

of a youth between two intoxicants—

Of passion and drunkenness

passion and intoxicating drink—

Between a jaundiced cheek

بين خدٍّ مُعَصْفَرٍ

بين خدٍّ مُعَصْفَرٍ

وشرابٍ معصفر

وشرابٍ معصفر

between a safflower-tinted cheek

And a saffron drink

and safflower-tinted wine,

And a clinging conversation

وحديثٍ مُمَسَّكِ

وحديثٍ مُمَسَّكِ

وغناءٍ مُعَنْبَر

وغناءٍ مُعَنْبَر

and musk-scented conversation,

And a mellifluous singing

and ambergris-scented song?

Give him that which you see

أفْتِهِ بالذي تَرَى

أفْتِهِ بالذي تَرَى

فيه تُحْمَدْ وَتُؤْجَر

فيه تُحْمَدْ وَتُؤْجَر

Give him your ruling as you see fit

In it you are praised and rewarded

concerning him; you will be praised and rewarded.