أرى جرار الخمر تغلو وقد

أرى جرار الخمر تغلو وقد

عزت وبالإفلاس حالي عجيب

عزت وبالإفلاس حالي عجيب

I see jars of wine rising in price, and already

I see the wine jars overflowing, though

they have grown scarce, and my penniless plight is strange.

my state is dire and bankrupt, how strange!

جئنا لخمار وقلنا له

جئنا لخمار وقلنا له

أحمل إلينا جرة كي نطيب

أحمل إلينا جرة كي نطيب

We came to a wine seller and said to him,

We came to a wine-seller and said:

'Bring us a jar so that we may be merry.'

"Bring us a jar, that we may savor."

قال زبيباً تريدون أم

قال زبيباً تريدون أم

خمراً فإن الكل مني قريب

خمراً فإن الكل مني قريب

He said, 'Do you want raisins or

He said, "Grapes do you want, or

wine? For both are close at hand with me.'

wine? For both are close at hand from me."

قلنا له خمراً فنادى زنوا

قلنا له خمراً فنادى زنوا

في جرة عشرين قلنا الزبيب

في جرة عشرين قلنا الزبيب

We said to him, 'Wine!' Then he called out, 'Weigh out

We said "Wine!" He called out, "Add

twenty for a jar!' We said, 'The raisins!'

to the jar twenty measures." We said, "Grapes!"