عِندِيَ لَونٌ طَبَختُهُ بِيَدي

غَيرُ رَقيقٍ وَغَيرُ مُنعَقِدِ

I have a color that I brewed by hand

Not too thin or too thickened

وَقَد أَمَرنا مِنَ الغَداةِ لَنا

بِشَيءٍ جَديٍ مُدَوَّرِ الجَسَدِ

And we were ordered since morning for us

Something serious, round-bodied

إِلى رِخامِيَّةٍ مَذاقَتُها

أَطيبُ مِن عيشَةٍ بِلا نَكَدِ

To marble whose taste

Sweeter than a life without sorrow

وَجامَ لَو زينَجٍ كَأَنِّيَ قَد

صُغتُ لِجينا مِنه عَلى بَرَدِ

And a cup as if I had

Listened to a genie from it in the cold

وَزَهرَةٍ في ذَكاءٍ مُختَبَري

وَقَهوَةٍ في صَفاءٍ مُعتَقِدي

And a flower in examined intelligence

And coffee in my confident purity

تَجلو عَلَيكَ المَدامَ أَكؤُسُها

مُعَمَماتُ الرُؤوسِ بِالزَبَدِ

Your wines clarify their cups for you

Turbaned heads with foam

وَمُسمِعٍ ما تَكادُ تَسمَعُ ما

يَأتي بِهِ في الغِناءِ مِن أَحَدِ

And a listener you can barely hear what

Comes in singing from anyone

إِذا اِجتَمَعنا بِقُربِهِ أَمِنَت

نُفوسُنا مِن أَذِيَّةِ الكَمَدِ

If we gathered near it our souls would be secured

From the harm of frowning

فَاِنشَط إِلى أَن تَكونَ عِندَ أَخٍ

مُخَلَّدُ الشَدوِ مِنهُ في الخَلدِ

So be active until you are with a brother

Immortalized, his singing lives forever

يَغدو عَلى كُلِّ مَن يَلُمُّ بِهِ

أُشفِقُ مِن والِدٍ عَلى وَلَدِ

He rises over everyone who blames him

I'm more merciful than a father to his son