ثَبَتَ الناسُ عَلى راياتِهم

وَأَبو الهِنديِّ في كَويِ زِيانِ

The people have persisted in their banners

The people stood firm beneath their banners,

And Abu Al-Hindi in the land of Ziyan

While Abu al-Hindi remains in the alleys of Ziyan,

مَنزِلٌ يَزري بِمَن حَلَّ بِهِ

تُستحلُّ الخَمرُ فيهِ وَالزَواني

An abode which brings down whoever settles in it

A dwelling that disgraces whoever settles within it,

Wine and adultery become licit therein

Where wine and harlots are deemed lawful.

إِنَّما العَيشُ فَتاةٌ غادَةٌ

وَقُعودي عاكِفاً في بَيتِ حانِ

Indeed life is but a charming damsel

Life is nothing but a tender, graceful maiden,

While I sit consecrated in a tavern

And my lingering, devoted, inside a tavern.

أشربُ الخمرَ وَأَعصي مَن نَهى

عَن طِلابِ الراحِ وَالبِيضِ الحِسانِ

I drink wine and disobey those who prohibit

I drink wine and defy anyone who forbids me

Seeking pleasure and beautiful white women

From seeking out wine and fair, beautiful women.

في حَياتي لَذةً أَلهو بِها

فَإِذا مِتُّ فَقَد أَودى زَماني

In my life is a delight I am distracted with

In my life there is a pleasure I revel in,

And when I die, my time will have passed

For when I die, my time will have perished.