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Alas for the coffee of one who in the evening is generous to us

سحقا لقهوة من أمسى يجود لنا

1. Alas for the coffee of one who in the evening is generous to us
With coffee made from charcoal ashes, black,

١. سحقاً لِقَهوة مَن أَمسى يَجود لَنا
بِقَهوَةٍ مِن سَحيق الفَحم سَوداءِ

2. O miser! Glory is not won through foolishness
And good manners do not become the lowly,

٢. يا باخِلاً لَيسَ كسبُ المَجد في حمقٍ
وَلَيسَ يحسنُ عزّ بِالأَذلّاءِ

3. You were feverish with people so you prescribed for it the sweat of
A fever and said the cure for sickness is sickness,

٣. حُمَّت بِكَ الناس فَاِستَسقيتها عرق ال
حُمّى وَقُلت شِفاء الداء بِالداءِ

4. Black yellow, its consequences are visible
A smell that excites my blackness and yellowness,

٤. سَوداء صَفراء يَبدو مِن فَواقعها
ريح يُهيّج سَودائي وَصفرائي

5. None who stretched out a palm to drink it
Other than one stretching out his palms to water.

٥. ما خلت مِن باسِطٍ كَفّاً لِيشرَبها
إِلّا كباسط كَفّيهِ إِلى الماءِ