بِعُمرِ كَسكَرَ طابَ اللَهوُ وَالطَرَبُ

بِعُمرِ كَسكَرَ طابَ اللَهوُ وَالطَرَبُ

وَاليادَكاراتُ وَالأَدوارُ وَالنُجُبُ

وَاليادَكاراتُ وَالأَدوارُ وَالنُجُبُ

At Kaskar's monastery, revelry and rapture were sweet,

With the passing of youth, revelry and joy declined,

as were the yādkār cups, the drinking rounds, and the nujub goblets.

As did memories, cycles, nobles, and the elite.

وَفِتيَةٌ بَذَلوا لِلكَأسِ أَنفُسَهُم

وَفِتيَةٌ بَذَلوا لِلكَأسِ أَنفُسَهُم

وَأَوجَبوا لِرَضيعِ الكَأسِ ما يَجِبُ

وَأَوجَبوا لِرَضيعِ الكَأسِ ما يَجِبُ

And youths devoted their very selves to the cup,

Young men who surrendered themselves to the chalice,

and accorded the cup's nursling what was his due.

And fulfilled what the infant of the goblet was owed.

وَأَنفَقوا في سَبيلِ القَصفِ ما وَجَدوا

وَأَنفَقوا في سَبيلِ القَصفِ ما وَجَدوا

وَأَنهَبوا ما لَهُم فيها وَما اِكتَسَبوا

وَأَنهَبوا ما لَهُم فيها وَما اِكتَسَبوا

And they spent in pursuit of revelry all they found,

They spent in the way of carousing all they had,

and lavished on it all they owned and all they earned.

Plundering what belonged to them and what they earned.

مُحافِظينَ إِن اِستَنجَدتَهُم دَفَعوا

مُحافِظينَ إِن اِستَنجَدتَهُم دَفَعوا

وَأَسخِياءَ إِنِ اِستَوهَبتَهُم وَهَبوا

وَأَسخِياءَ إِنِ اِستَوهَبتَهُم وَهَبوا

Steadfast defenders—if you sought their aid, they protected you,

Guardians - if you sought their aid they would defend,

and generous—if you asked them for gifts, they gave.

And generous - if you asked a gift, they granted.

نادَمتُ مِنهُم كِراماً سادَةً نُجُباً

نادَمتُ مِنهُم كِراماً سادَةً نُجُباً

مُهَذَّبينَ نَمَتهُمُ سادَةٌ نُجُبُ

مُهَذَّبينَ نَمَتهُمُ سادَةٌ نُجُبُ

I drank with generous lords among them, men of noble stock,

I reminisced over their nobility and grace,

refined men, sprung from noble lords.

Well-mannered, from a line of dignified elite.

فَلَم نَزَل في رِياضِ العُمرِ نَعمُرُها

فَلَم نَزَل في رِياضِ العُمرِ نَعمُرُها

قَصفاً وَتَغمُرُنا اللَذاتُ وَالطَرَبُ

قَصفاً وَتَغمُرُنا اللَذاتُ وَالطَرَبُ

So we kept filling the monastery's gardens

We did not cease to revel in the gardens of life,

with revelry, while pleasures and rapture flooded us.

With wine flowing as we were indulged in joy.

وَالزَهرُ يَضحَكُ وَالأَنواءُ باكِيَةٌ

وَالزَهرُ يَضحَكُ وَالأَنواءُ باكِيَةٌ

وَالنايُ يُسعِدُ وَالأَوتارُ تَصطَخِبُ

وَالنايُ يُسعِدُ وَالأَوتارُ تَصطَخِبُ

And the blossoms laughed, while the rains wept,

The flowers smiled and the breeze wept,

and the reed flute joined in, while the strings clamored.

The flute made glad while strings were plucked.

وَالكَأسُ في فَلَكِ اللَذاتِ دائِرَةٌ

وَالكَأسُ في فَلَكِ اللَذاتِ دائِرَةٌ

تَجري وَنَحنُ لَها في دورِها قُطُبُ

تَجري وَنَحنُ لَها في دورِها قُطُبُ

And the cup revolved in the orbit of pleasures,

The goblet circled in orbits of delight,

passing round, with us the axis of its circuit.

Spinning as we revolved around its rim.

وَالدَهرُ قَد طُرِفَت عَنّا نَواظِرُهُ

وَالدَهرُ قَد طُرِفَت عَنّا نَواظِرُهُ

فَما تُرَوِّعُنا الأَحداثُ وَالنُوَبُ

فَما تُرَوِّعُنا الأَحداثُ وَالنُوَبُ

And Time's eyes had been struck blind to us,

Fate had turned its gaze from us,

so misfortunes and calamities did not terrify us.

No longer shaken by events and misfortunes.