غنّني يا أعزَّ ذا الخلق عندي

حيِّ نَجداً ومَن بأكنافِ نَجدِ

Sing to me, O most precious of creation to me

Liven Najd and those in the valleys of Najd

واسقِني ما يَصيرُ ذُو البُخلِ منه

حاتِماً والجَبانُ عَمرَو بنَ مَعدِ

And give me that which makes the miser become

Like Hatem and the coward like Amr ibn Ma'di

لي وما فَوقَ وَجنَتَيكَ من الوَر

دِ مُدامٌ كالمِسكِ في لَونِ وَردِ

For me what's above and beyond your two cheeks

Is wine like musk in its rose color

فاسقِنِيها مَلأى فَقَد فَضَحَ ال

ليلَ هِلالٌ كأنَّه فتر رند

So give it to me full for the

Night has unveiled a crescent moon as if with clipped wings

والثُريَّا خفَّاقة بجناح ال

غَربِ تَهوي كأنَّها رأسُ فَهدِ

And the Pleiades fluttering with the wing of

The west wind swoop as if they were the head of a young lion

في أوانِ الشَّبابِ عاجَلَني الشَّيبُ

فَهذا من أول الدنِّ دُردي

In the days of youth, old age was quick to visit me

So this is from the first of life my fate