يا اِبنَةَ الشَيخِ اِصبَحينا

ما الَّذي تَنتَظِرينا

O daughter of the sheikh, we woke up

O daughter of the Sheikh, pour us our morning drink,

What is it that you are waiting for us?

What is it that you are waiting for?

قَد جَرى في عودِكِ الما

ءُ فَأَجري الخَمرَ فينا

The water has flowed in your willow branch, so make the wine flow in us

Water has flowed through your wood,

We only drink it

So make the wine flow among us.

إِنَّما نَشرَبُ مِنها

فَاِعلَمي ذاكَ يَقينا

So know that for certain

For indeed, we only drink from it—

Whatever is contrary

So know that with certainty—

كُلَّ ما كانَ خِلافاً

لِشَرابِ الصالِحينا

To the drink of the righteous

Everything that stands in opposition

And turn it away from the miser

To the beverage of the pious.

وَاِصرِفيها عَن بَخيلٍ

دانَ بِالإِمساكِ دينا

Who clings to abstinence as his religion

And turn the cup away from the miser

Time has been prolonged for him

Who has adopted withholding as his creed.

طَوَّلَ الدَهرُ عَلَيهِ

فَيَرى الساعَةَ حينا

So he will see the moment one day

Time has dragged on for him,

Stop at the abode of the loving ones

So he sees a mere hour as an age.

قِف بِرَبعِ الظاعِنينا

وَاِبكِ إِن كُنتَ حَزينا

And cry if you are sad

Halt at the campsite of those who departed,

And ask the house when

And weep, if you are truly sorrowful.

وَاِسأَلِ الدارَ مَتى فا

رَقَتِ الدارُ القَطينا

It was separated from the friendly house

And ask the abode: when did the house

We asked it but it refuses

Part ways with its inhabitants?

قَد سَأَلناها وَتَأبى

أَن تُجيبَ السائِلينا

To answer the questioners

We have asked it, but it refuses

To give an answer to the questioners.