أخوَّي حي على الصبوح صباحا

أخوَّي حي على الصبوح صباحا

هُبَّا ولا تعدا الصباح رواحا

هُبَّا ولا تعدا الصباح رواحا

My two brothers, come to the morning draught at dawn.

My brother alive in the early dawn of morning

Rise, both of you; do not take morning for evening.

Come on, do not miss the dawn in departure

هذا الشميط كأنه متحيرٌ

هذا الشميط كأنه متحيرٌ

في الأفقِ سد طريقه فألاحا

في الأفقِ سد طريقه فألاحا

This streaked dawn seems bewildered,

This sun seems perplexed

At the horizon, its path was barred, so it shone forth.

In the horizon, his path is blocked, so he shone

ما تأمران بقهوةٍ قرويةٍ

ما تأمران بقهوةٍ قرويةٍ

قرنت إلى دركِ النجاح نجاحا

قرنت إلى دركِ النجاح نجاحا

What do you two advise concerning a village wine

Do you order a village coffee

That joins success to the attainment of success?

That reached the threshold of success with success

مهما أقام على الصبوحِ مُساعدٌ

مهما أقام على الصبوحِ مُساعدٌ

وعلىالغبوقِ فلن أريدَ براحا

وعلىالغبوقِ فلن أريدَ براحا

So long as a companion remains over the morning draught

No matter who helps in the early dawn

And the evening draught, I shall have no wish to leave.

And at dusk, I will not want comfort

هل تعذران بديرِ سرجس صاحباً

هل تعذران بديرِ سرجس صاحباً

بالصحو أو تريان ذاك جُناحا

بالصحو أو تريان ذاك جُناحا

Would you two excuse a companion at Sarjis's monastery

Do you apologize in the monastery of St. Sergius

For being sober, or would you consider that a sin?

For the vigil or do you see that winged

إني أعيذكما بألفةِ بيننا

إني أعيذكما بألفةِ بيننا

أن تشربا بقرى الفراتِ قراحا

أن تشربا بقرى الفراتِ قراحا

I seek to shield you both, by the affection between us,

I seek refuge for you both in the affinity between us

From drinking plain water in the villages of the Euphrates.

That you drink the Euphrates villages fully

عجت قواقزنا وقدس قسنا

عجت قواقزنا وقدس قسنا

هزجاً وأصخبنا الدجاج صياحا

هزجاً وأصخبنا الدجاج صياحا

Our goblets rang out, and our priest chanted holy praises,

Our partridges and pigeons praised

In lilting song; the fowl raised a clamor around us with their cries.

Noisily, and we clucked the chickens crying

للجاشرية فضلها فتعجلا

للجاشرية فضلها فتعجلا

إن كنتما تريان ذاك صلاحا

إن كنتما تريان ذاك صلاحا

The dawn draught has its merit, so hasten, both of you,

Give Al-Jasheria its merit, so hurry

If you two deem that good.

If you both see that good

يا ربَّ مُلتبسِ الجفونِ بنومةٍ

يا ربَّ مُلتبسِ الجفونِ بنومةٍ

نبهته بالراحِ حين أراحا

نبهته بالراحِ حين أراحا

Ah, many a man whose eyelids were wrapped in slumber

O Lord of heavy eyelids with drowsiness

I roused with wine when he lay at rest.

I woke him up with comfort when he rested

فكأن ريا الكأس حين ندبته

فكأن ريا الكأس حين ندبته

للكأس أنهض في حشاه جناحا

للكأس أنهض في حشاه جناحا

It was as though the cup's fragrance, when I summoned him

It was as if the cup's sheen when I called him

To the cup, had raised a wing within his breast.

To the cup arose in its midst winged

فأجابَ يعثرُ في فضولِ ردائه

فأجابَ يعثرُ في فضولِ ردائه

عجلان يخلطُ بالعثارِ مراحا

عجلان يخلطُ بالعثارِ مراحا

So he responded, stumbling over his cloak's trailing folds,

So he answered, stumbling in his cloak's excess

In haste, mingling merriment with stumbling.

Hastening, mixing hesitation with rest

ما زال يضحك بي ويضحكني به

ما زال يضحك بي ويضحكني به

ما يستفيق دعابةً ومزاحا

ما يستفيق دعابةً ومزاحا

He kept laughing at me and making me laugh at him,

He still laughs at me and makes me laugh at him

Never sobering, all playfulness and banter.

Never waking up joking and kidding

فهتكت ستر مجونه بتهتكي

فهتكت ستر مجونه بتهتكي

في كل ملهيةٍ وبحت وباحا

في كل ملهيةٍ وبحت وباحا

So I tore the veil from his wantonness with my own shamelessness

So I unveiled the cover of his flirtation by my unveiling

In every diversion; I spoke openly, and so did he.

In every playground, I wailed and cried