جُدْتَ بريٍّ على عِطاش

جُدْتَ بريٍّ على عِطاش

وذاك من أطيبِ المعاشِ

وذاك من أطيبِ المعاشِ

You lavished thirst-quenching drink upon the thirsty,

You came to me thirsty and desperate,

And that is among life's sweetest pleasures.

And that is the sweetest life can be.

أيُّ خِداشٍ على اشتياقي

أيُّ خِداشٍ على اشتياقي

منَ النّدامى إلى خِداش

منَ النّدامى إلى خِداش

What contention there is over my longing

What pleasure for my yearning soul

For Khidash among the drinking companions!

To have the thirsty come to me.

فتنّهوا اللهوَ بعد نومٍ

فتنّهوا اللهوَ بعد نومٍ

وانتعشوا أَيمَّا انتعاش

وانتعشوا أَيمَّا انتعاش

Then they [roused?] merriment after sleep,

After sleep, they indulged in play,

And revived—what a revival!

Then revived, fully refreshed.

سهلَ بنَ اسحقَ لا عدمنا

سهلَ بنَ اسحقَ لا عدمنا

زمانَكَ اللِّينَ الحواشي

زمانَكَ اللِّينَ الحواشي

Sahl, son of Ishaq, may we never lack

Sahl, son of Ishaq, may we not lose you,

Your days, so gentle at their edges.

Your gentle days and happy nights.

وطَّأتَ لي من فراشِ عيشي

وطَّأتَ لي من فراشِ عيشي

وكان مستخشَنَ الفراش

وكان مستخشَنَ الفراش

You softened for me the bedding of my life,

You smoothed the bed of my life for me

Though its bedding had been rough.

Though it had been rough and hard.

فظِلتَ في البرِّ ذا انكماشٍ

فظِلتَ في البرِّ ذا انكماشٍ

وظلتُ في الشكرِ ذا انكماش

وظلتُ في الشكرِ ذا انكماش

So you remained diligent in kindness,

So I remain forever grateful,

And I remained diligent in gratitude.

And you remain refreshed and bright.