هاتِ يا صاحِ غَنِّني

هاتِ يا صاحِ غَنِّني

وَاِملَأَ الكَأسَ وَاِسقِني

وَاِملَأَ الكَأسَ وَاِسقِني

Come, friend, sing to me,

Oh singer, sing for me,

and fill the cup and give me drink.

And fill my cup and quench my thirst.

قُم بِنا يانَديمُ نَس

قُم بِنا يانَديمُ نَس

بُقُ أَذانَ المُؤَذِّنِ

بُقُ أَذانَ المُؤَذِّنِ

Rise with us, drinking companion; let us

Rise for us, oh cupbearer, and pour,

outstrip the muezzin's call to prayer.

Despite the call to prayer from the muezzin.

أَصبَحَ الجَوُّ في رِدا

أَصبَحَ الجَوُّ في رِدا

إٍ مِنَ الغَيمِ أَدكَنِ

إٍ مِنَ الغَيمِ أَدكَنِ

The sky is now wrapped in a cloak

The air has become dark

of dusky cloud,

With clouds full of rain.

وَتَبَدّى الصَباحُ كَال

وَتَبَدّى الصَباحُ كَال

بِشرِ في وَجهِ مُحسِنِ

بِشرِ في وَجهِ مُحسِنِ

and morning has appeared like the

And the morning shone like

gladness on a benefactor's face.

Good news on a benefactor's face.

صاحِ خُذها وَهاتِها

صاحِ خُذها وَهاتِها

وَاِجلُها لي وَزَيِّنِ

وَاِجلُها لي وَزَيِّنِ

Friend, take it and bring it,

Take it, oh singer, and bring it to me,

and unveil it for me, and adorn it.

And prepare it for me and make it beautiful.

مُتُّ وَجداً وَلَوعَةً

مُتُّ وَجداً وَلَوعَةً

فَاِسقِنيها لَعَلَّني

فَاِسقِنيها لَعَلَّني

I have died of yearning and burning anguish;

I’m desperate and anguished,

so let me drink it—perhaps I may [revive]—

So serve it to me, that it may soothe me,

مِن مُدامٍ كَأَنَّما

مِن مُدامٍ كَأَنَّما

كَأسُها قَلبُ مُؤمِنِ

كَأسُها قَلبُ مُؤمِنِ

a wine whose

With wine that is like

cup is like a believer's heart.

The heart of a true believer.

فَهيَ نورٌ وَما عَدا ال

فَهيَ نورٌ وَما عَدا ال

نورَ مِنها فَقَد فَني

نورَ مِنها فَقَد فَني

For it is light, and all but the

It is the only light, and anything

light within it has perished.

Other than it is extinguished light.

قَهوَةٌ ذاتُ بَهجَةٍ

قَهوَةٌ ذاتُ بَهجَةٍ

في قُلوبٍ وَأَعيُنِ

في قُلوبٍ وَأَعيُنِ

A wine that brings delight

A coffee with delight

to hearts and eyes.

In hearts and eyes.

قَد أَقامَت وَعُدَّ ما

قَد أَقامَت وَعُدَّ ما

شِئتَ في قَعرِ مَخزَنِ

شِئتَ في قَعرِ مَخزَنِ

It has lain—count whatever span

It made a promise and kept

you wish—in the depths of a storeroom.

Whatever you wished in the bottom of its storage.

فَإِذا ما أَدَرتَها

فَإِذا ما أَدَرتَها

سَمِّها لي وَسَمِّني

سَمِّها لي وَسَمِّني

So whenever you pass it round,

So when you get it,

name it for me, and name me,

Name it for me and name me.

رافِعَ السَتَر بَينَنا

رافِعَ السَتَر بَينَنا

لا تُفَكِّر بِأَنَّني

لا تُفَكِّر بِأَنَّني

lifting the veil between us.

Raising the veil between us,

Do not suppose that I...

Do not think I am...

خَلِّني مِن تَصَنُّعٍ

خَلِّني مِن تَصَنُّعٍ

لِلوَرى أَو تَزَيُّنِ

لِلوَرى أَو تَزَيُّنِ

Spare me pretence

Free me from pretentiousness

before others, or self-adornment.

For the people or from making myself up.

فَلَعَمري يُريبُني

فَلَعَمري يُريبُني

فَرطُ هَذا التَسَنُّنِ

فَرطُ هَذا التَسَنُّنِ

For, by my life, I mistrust

By my life, I am wary

this excessive observance of the Sunnah.

Of the excess of this ornamentation.

سَيِّدي بَعدَ ذا وَذا

سَيِّدي بَعدَ ذا وَذا

هاتِ قُل لي وَبَيِّنِ

هاتِ قُل لي وَبَيِّنِ

My master, after this and that,

My master, after this and that,

come, tell me, and make it clear.

Give me, tell me, and explain.

لَكَ ما شِئتَ مِن رِضىً

لَكَ ما شِئتَ مِن رِضىً

لَستَ عِندي بِهَيِّنِ

لَستَ عِندي بِهَيِّنِ

You have all the goodwill you desire;

Whatever pleased you of acceptance

you are not of little worth to me.

You are not insignificant to me.

لي حَبيبٌ فَإِن أَكُن

لي حَبيبٌ فَإِن أَكُن

لا أُسَمّيهِ فَاِفطُنِ

لا أُسَمّيهِ فَاِفطُنِ

I have a beloved; so if I

I have a lover, and if I

do not name him, take the hint.

Do not name him, take heed.

إِنَّ يَوماً يَزورُني

إِنَّ يَوماً يَزورُني

يَومُ عيدٍ مُزَيَّنِ

يَومُ عيدٍ مُزَيَّنِ

Indeed, a day when he visits me

One day he visits me,

is an adorned feast day.

A blessed and decorated day.

هُوَ بَدرٌ لِمُجتَلٍ

هُوَ بَدرٌ لِمُجتَلٍ

هُوَ غُصنٌ لِمُجتَني

هُوَ غُصنٌ لِمُجتَني

He is a full moon for one who beholds him;

He is a full moon to one who seeks him.

he is a bough for one who gathers fruit.

He is a branch to one who picks him.

عاذِلي فيهِ لا تُطِل

عاذِلي فيهِ لا تُطِل

أَنا عَن عاذِلي غَني

أَنا عَن عاذِلي غَني

You who reproach me about him, do not go on;

My reproacher in it, do not be long.

I have no need of my reproacher.

I do not need my reproacher.

لَستُ أُصغي وَلا أَعي

لَستُ أُصغي وَلا أَعي

خَلِّني مِنكَ خَلِّني

خَلِّني مِنكَ خَلِّني

I do not listen, nor do I heed.

I do not listen or understand.

Let me be rid of you; let me be.

Free me from you, free me.