يَا أَبَا الفَضْلِ يَا أَمِيْرَ الظِّرَافِ

يَا أَبَا الفَضْلِ يَا أَمِيْرَ الظِّرَافِ

مَا عَهِدْنَاكَ بِالْمَلُوكِ الجَافِي

مَا عَهِدْنَاكَ بِالْمَلُوكِ الجَافِي

O Abu al-Fadl, O prince of the wits,

We have never known you to be aloof like kings.

صِرْ إِلَيْنَا بِحَقِّ مَا وَكَّدَتْهُ

صِرْ إِلَيْنَا بِحَقِّ مَا وَكَّدَتْهُ

بَيْنَنَا الحَالُ مِنْ عُقُودِ التَّصَافِي

بَيْنَنَا الحَالُ مِنْ عُقُودِ التَّصَافِي

Come to us, in honor of what has been confirmed

Between us by circumstance: bonds of mutual affection.

إِنَّنَا فِي طَرَائِفٍ مِنْ غِنَاءٍ

إِنَّنَا فِي طَرَائِفٍ مِنْ غِنَاءٍ

وَشَرابٍ لِطَارِقِ الْهَمِّ نَافِي

وَشَرابٍ لِطَارِقِ الْهَمِّ نَافِي

We are indeed enjoying fresh delights of song,

And wine that banishes sorrow when it comes knocking.

قَدْ شَرِبْنَا الأَقْحَافَ حَتَّى حَسِبْنَا

قَدْ شَرِبْنَا الأَقْحَافَ حَتَّى حَسِبْنَا

أَنَّ هَامَاتِنَا بِلاَ أَقْحَافِ

أَنَّ هَامَاتِنَا بِلاَ أَقْحَافِ

We have drunk from skull-cups until we thought

That our heads were without skulls.

وَشَرِبْنَا الأَنْصَافَ حَتَّى جَهِلْنَا

وَشَرِبْنَا الأَنْصَافَ حَتَّى جَهِلْنَا

حَدَّ مَا بَيْنَ الجَوْرِ والإنْصَافِ

حَدَّ مَا بَيْنَ الجَوْرِ والإنْصَافِ

And we have drunk half-measures until we no longer knew

The dividing line between injustice and fairness.