هات اسقنيها مِن عَتيق مدامِ

هات اسقنيها مِن عَتيق مدامِ

حَيث الزَمان صَفا وَنلتُ مَرامي

حَيث الزَمان صَفا وَنلتُ مَرامي

Bring it—give me aged wine to drink,

Bring me a drink from the aged wine

Now that time has grown serene and I have attained my desire.

Where time was pure and I attained my hopes

وَاترك خيول صَبابَتي أَلقى بِها

وَاترك خيول صَبابَتي أَلقى بِها

بَينَ الصُفوف كَتائبَ اللوّام

بَينَ الصُفوف كَتائبَ اللوّام

And let loose the steeds of my longing, that with them I may face

And leave my steeds of youth, I cast them

Amid the ranks the battalions of reproachers.

Amongst the ranks, battalions of blame

فَعَساكَ تَنظُر مِن غلامك في الوَغى

فَعَساكَ تَنظُر مِن غلامك في الوَغى

ما لا رُؤي مِن عنترٍ وَعصام

ما لا رُؤي مِن عنترٍ وَعصام

Then perhaps you will see from your servant in battle

May you look from your boy in the fray

What was never seen from Antar and Isam.

What was not seen from Antar and Asaam

وَتَرى العَواذل عِندَ ذَلِكَ أُلجِموا

وَتَرى العَواذل عِندَ ذَلِكَ أُلجِموا

مِن هَيبَتي في حضرَتي بلجام

مِن هَيبَتي في حضرَتي بلجام

And you will see the reproachers then bridled,

And you see the cowards then were silenced

Out of awe of me, in my presence, with a bridle.

By my awe in my presence, bridled

وَتَرى اللَواحي في المَواقف أَحجموا

وَتَرى اللَواحي في المَواقف أَحجموا

بِالقَول عَن نَقض وَعَن إبرام

بِالقَول عَن نَقض وَعَن إبرام

And you will see the censurers at their stations shrink back

And you see the slanderers in the stations were deterred

From speaking to undo or to confirm.

From falsity and fromresolve, muted

وَتَخال أَن طَوائف الرقباء قَد

وَتَخال أَن طَوائف الرقباء قَد

هابوا مضارب لهذَمي وَحسامي

هابوا مضارب لهذَمي وَحسامي

And you will suppose that the bands of watchers have

And you’d think the gangs of necks were

Dreaded the striking edges of my keen spear and my sword.

Frightened of my club and sword

وَكَذا الوشاة مِن الخمول تظنُّهم

وَكَذا الوشاة مِن الخمول تظنُّهم

يَوم اللقا خُلقوا بِغَير كَلام

يَوم اللقا خُلقوا بِغَير كَلام

And likewise, so inert are the talebearers that you would think,

And likewise the gossipers, from languor you’d think

On the day of encounter, that they were created without speech.

They were created without speech

فَإِذا نقضت عُهودهم وَأمرتني

فَإِذا نقضت عُهودهم وَأمرتني

بِقتالهم جبنوا عَن الإقدام

بِقتالهم جبنوا عَن الإقدام

So when you break their covenants and command me

So if they break their vows and you order me

To fight them, they will shrink from advancing.

To battle them, they shrink from daring

وَكماتُهم شاموا السُيوف وَسالموا

وَكماتُهم شاموا السُيوف وَسالموا

وَرموا بِأَنفسهم عَلى أَقدامي

وَرموا بِأَنفسهم عَلى أَقدامي

And their champions will sheathe their swords and make peace,

And their vectis have tasted swords and made peace

And cast themselves at my feet.

And flung themselves upon my feet

لتزَوُّجِ الأَخوين عزٌّ هامي

لتزَوُّجِ الأَخوين عزٌّ هامي

For the two brothers’ marriage, glory rains down.

For the marriage of the two brothers, pride encamps