يا حبَّذا متعةُ الدّنيا وملْعَبها
وحبّذا القهوة العذراء نشربها
Oh, how delightful are the world's pleasures and its playground!
Oh, how delightful are the joys of this life and its play,
And how delightful the virgin wine we drink!
And how delightful is the pure, virgin coffee that we drink,
حمْرآء في يد ساقيها معتَقة
كأنها دم خِشف حين يسْكُبَها
Red in its cupbearer's hand, well-aged,
Red in the hands of its pourer, preserved,
As though it were a gazelle fawn's blood when he pours it.
As if it were the blood of a slaughtered sheep when he pours it.
ترى لها في فم الابريق بارقة
ليلاً إذا ما هوى في الكوب كوْكبُها
You see its gleam at the pitcher's mouth,
You can see it shimmering in the spout of the pot at night
At night, whenever its star falls into the cup.
When its star falls into the cup.
وقد خلوت بها في وجه جارية
حسنآء تعجبني حبَّاً وأعجِبها
And I have been alone with it, facing a maiden,
And I was alone with it in the face of a beautiful, charming lady
Beautiful—she pleases me in love, and I please her.
Whose love pleased me and I pleased her.
هاتيكَ نفْسي عنْد حاجتها
فَعدِّ عنْها ولا يَشغْلكْ مطْلبها
Such is my soul when it feels desire;
Give me that, my soul, when it needs it,
So turn away from it, and let not its quest distract you.
And turn away from it and let not its desire distract you.
وأمْدحْ أَبا العَرب المرجوّ نائله
خير البرية طُراً حين تنسُبها
And praise Abu al-‘Arab, whose bounty is hoped for,
And I praise the Father of the Arabs, the hoped for victor,
The best of all creation when you trace their descent.
The best of creation when she traces his lineage,
إذا المُلوكُ ذكرناها فأكرمها
وخَيْرها عَتكيُّ الازد يعرُبها
When we name the kings, the noblest among them
When kings mention us then honor us,
And their best is the ‘Ataki of Azd, their Ya‘rub.
And the best of us is ‘Ateeq al-Azad who makes her Arab.
له مغارسُ نَبهانيةٌ كرُمت
وطابَ في الازْد من قحطانَ منْصِبها
His Nabhani roots are noble,
He has fertile orchards of Nabhan that were honored
And their lineage in Azd, from Qahtan, is noble.
And pureness spread in the Azd from Qahtan's lineage.
حَوى المَكارمَ واَلعَلْيَاء قاطبةً
ولم يزَل وهو يحويها ويَخْطُبُها
He possessed all noble virtues and lofty glory,
He contained all the noble virtues,
And he has never ceased to gather them and court them,
And he never ceased containing them and seeking them out
بعَزْمةٍ قارعَ الأحداثَ مَنصْبُها
وهمةٍ جاوزَ الجوزاءِ مَذْهبُها
With a resolve whose stature challenged calamities,
With resolution that confronted events erecting its edifice,
And an ambition whose course surpassed al-Jawza,
And aspiration that exceeded the brightest star in its course,
وشيمةٍ كصَفآء الماءِ خالصةٍ
وراحةٍ غَمَرَ العافين صَيِّبُها
And a character pure as clear water,
And a nature as pure as the clearness of water,
And a palm whose downpour flooded those seeking bounty.
And tranquility that flooded the tranquil with its downpour.
ولم يخْلُ من ذكْره العالي ونائلهِ
في الارض مشرقُها الاقصى ومغربُها
And his lofty renown and bounty have not been absent
And the mention of him did not cease, exalted and attaining
From the earth's farthest east and its west.
In the land, its furthest east and its furthest west.
طال البقاء له في عزِّ مرتبةِ
ينالهُ أَحسنُ الدُّنيا وأَطيبُها
May he live long in a station of honor,
May his abode in the honor of his rank last long,
Where the finest and sweetest of this world come to him.
Attaining for him the best and sweetest of this life.
Sol 6.1