1. Tell the one who revived the dead and made him live,
Would a dead man be thought alive?
١. قُل لِمَن حَيّا فَأَحيا
مَيِّتاً يُحسَبُ حَيّا
2. What harm in lasting as a residue in the cup?
Do you see me as being or not as such however portrayed?
٢. ما الَّذي ضَرَّكَ لَو أَب
قَيتَ في الكَأسِ بَقِيّا
3. My friend, serve me coffee, somewhat warm.
Be it right, so right, or be it wrong, so wrong,
٣. أَتَراني مِثلَ أَو لا
كَيفَما قَد قيلَ فِيّا
4. The night has turned from us,
And the tomb has covered it obscure.
٤. يا خَليلَيَّ اِسقِياني
قَهوَةً ذاتَ حُمَيّا
5. As dawn shone from beneath the burial mound,
A king arrived in a crown ransomed and restored to life.
٥. إِن يَكُن رُشداً فَرُشداً
أَو يَكُن غَيّاً فَغَيّا
٦. قَد تَوَلّى اللَيلُ عَنّا
وَطَواهُ القُربُ طَيّا
٧. وَكَأَنَّ الصُبحَ لَمّا
لاحَ مِن تَحتِ الثُرَيّا
٨. مَلِكٌ أَقبَلَ في تا
جٍ يُفَدّى وَيُحَيّا