سحقاً لِقَهوة مَن أَمسى يَجود لَنا

بِقَهوَةٍ مِن سَحيق الفَحم سَوداءِ

Alas for the coffee of one who in the evening is generous to us

With coffee made from charcoal ashes, black,

يا باخِلاً لَيسَ كسبُ المَجد في حمقٍ

وَلَيسَ يحسنُ عزّ بِالأَذلّاءِ

O miser! Glory is not won through foolishness

And good manners do not become the lowly,

حُمَّت بِكَ الناس فَاِستَسقيتها عرق ال

حُمّى وَقُلت شِفاء الداء بِالداءِ

You were feverish with people so you prescribed for it the sweat of

A fever and said the cure for sickness is sickness,

سَوداء صَفراء يَبدو مِن فَواقعها

ريح يُهيّج سَودائي وَصفرائي

Black yellow, its consequences are visible

A smell that excites my blackness and yellowness,

ما خلت مِن باسِطٍ كَفّاً لِيشرَبها

إِلّا كباسط كَفّيهِ إِلى الماءِ

None who stretched out a palm to drink it

Other than one stretching out his palms to water.