سحقاً لِقَهوة مَن أَمسى يَجود لَنا

سحقاً لِقَهوة مَن أَمسى يَجود لَنا

بِقَهوَةٍ مِن سَحيق الفَحم سَوداءِ

بِقَهوَةٍ مِن سَحيق الفَحم سَوداءِ

A curse on the coffee of him who has come to lavish on us

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

Black coffee made from charcoal dust.

With coffee made from charcoal ashes, black,

يا باخِلاً لَيسَ كسبُ المَجد في حمقٍ

يا باخِلاً لَيسَ كسبُ المَجد في حمقٍ

وَلَيسَ يحسنُ عزّ بِالأَذلّاءِ

وَلَيسَ يحسنُ عزّ بِالأَذلّاءِ

O miser, glory is not won through folly,

O miser! Glory is not won through foolishness

Nor does honor sit well with the abject.

And good manners do not become the lowly,

حُمَّت بِكَ الناس فَاِستَسقيتها عرق ال

حُمَّت بِكَ الناس فَاِستَسقيتها عرق ال

حُمّى وَقُلت شِفاء الداء بِالداءِ

حُمّى وَقُلت شِفاء الداء بِالداءِ

The people were fevered by you, so you asked them for the sweat of

You were feverish with people so you prescribed for it the sweat of

Fever, and said: “Disease is cured with disease.”

A fever and said the cure for sickness is sickness,

سَوداء صَفراء يَبدو مِن فَواقعها

سَوداء صَفراء يَبدو مِن فَواقعها

ريح يُهيّج سَودائي وَصفرائي

ريح يُهيّج سَودائي وَصفرائي

Black and yellow—from its bubbles rises

Black yellow, its consequences are visible

An odor that stirs my black bile and my yellow bile.

A smell that excites my blackness and yellowness,

ما خلت مِن باسِطٍ كَفّاً لِيشرَبها

ما خلت مِن باسِطٍ كَفّاً لِيشرَبها

إِلّا كباسط كَفّيهِ إِلى الماءِ

إِلّا كباسط كَفّيهِ إِلى الماءِ

I imagined no one stretching out a palm to drink it

None who stretched out a palm to drink it

Except as one stretching both his palms toward water.

Other than one stretching out his palms to water.