1. قَد نَحَرْنا الزِّقَّ يومَ العيدِ نَحْرا

    وأَذَبنا بلُجَين الكأس تبرا

    On Eid we have slaughtered the wineskin outright,

    and melted raw gold in the silver of the cup.

  2. وتخيَّلنا الحميّا لهباً

    وحسِبنا أنَّها بالماء تورى

    And we imagined the potent wine to be a flame,

    and thought that water set it alight.

  3. قال لي الساقي وقد طاف بها

    هي خمرٌ وتراها أَنْتَ جمرا

    The cupbearer said to me as he passed it round:

    "It is wine, yet you yourself see it as embers."

  4. يا نديماً قد سَقاني كأسَه

    إسقنيها في الهوى أخرى وأخرى

    O drinking companion who has given me his cup,

    give me that cup in love, another and another.

  5. إنَّ أحلى العيش ما مرَّ على

    روضة غنَّاء والكاسات تترى

    Truly, the sweetest life is that spent in

    a luxuriant garden, with cups following one another.

  6. ويد المزن وأزهار الرُّبا

    نُشِرَتْ من بعد ذاك الطيّ نشرا

    And the rain clouds' hand and the blossoms of the hills

    have unfolded fully after that folding.

  7. فأدِرْها قرقفاً إن مُزِجت

    كَلَّلَتْ ياقوتها بالمزج درّا

    So pass it round—a wine that, if mixed,

    crowns its ruby with pearls through the mingling.

  8. لا تَخَفْ من وِزْرِها في شربها

    أو تخشى مع عفو الله وزرا

    Do not fear its sin when you drink it,

    or dread guilt in the face of God's pardon.

  9. راحة الأرواح بالراح الَّتي

    لم تدع للهمّ في الأحشاء ذكرا

    The solace of souls lies in the wine that

    has left no memory of sorrow in the depths of the heart.

  10. وبأهلي ذلك الظبي وإن

    أوْسَعَ المغرم إعراضاً وهجرا

    And let my kin be ransom for that gazelle, even though

    he lavished rejection and estrangement on the lovesick lover.

  11. غَرَّني في حبّه ذو هيف

    كلّما لام به العاذل أغرى

    A slender-waisted one beguiled me into loving him;

    whenever the censurer reproached me for him, he spurred me on.

  12. صال باللحظ على عشاقه

    ولَكَم من كرّةٍ في الحب كرّا

    He charged upon his lovers with a glance,

    and how many a charge he made in love!

  13. قد مضى في الحبّ أن أقضي به

    وقضايا حبّه صغرى وكبرى

    It has been decreed in love that I should die of it,

    and the decrees of love for him are minor and major.

  14. ما عليه في الهوى صيَّرَ لي

    كبداً حرّى وقلباً ما استقرّا

    What is it to him that, in love, he has left me

    a burning liver and a heart that has never rested?

  15. يا زماناً حَذرت أخطاره

    نحن لم نأخذ من الأيام حذرا

    O time whose perils I have feared,

    we have taken no precautions against the days.

  16. أَنْتَ من دون النقيب القرم لا

    تَمْلِكُ اليومَ لنا نَفعاً وضَرّا

    You, without the chief, that noble lord, cannot

    bring us any benefit or harm today.

  17. سيّدٌ أمَّا نَداه فالحيا

    دونه جوداً وأدنى منه وفرا

    A lord—as for his bounty, the rain

    is below him in generosity and falls short of his abundance.

  18. هكذا من كانَ تجري كفّه

    نايلاً وفراً وإحساناً وبرّا

    Such is one whose hand flows

    with abundant gifts, kindness, and goodness.

  19. وإذا ما المُعوِل العافي أتى

    بابه العالي اغتنى فيه وأثرى

    And whenever the pleading petitioner comes

    to his lofty door, he prospers there and grows rich.

  20. باليد البيضاء كم أمطرنا

    من غوادي جودها بيضاً وصُفرا

    With his white hand, how often he has showered us

    with white and yellow coins from the morning showers of its bounty.

  21. وَرَدوا البحر أُناسٌ قبلنا

    لا وَرَدنا غير تلك اليد بحرا

    Others came to the sea before us;

    we have come to no sea but that hand.

  22. نَتَحرّى كلَّ آنٍ جودَها

    وهو بالفضل وبالمعروف أحرى

    We seek its bounty at every moment,

    and generosity and kindness befit him best.

  23. وإذا مُدَّت إلى أعدائها

    جزَرَتْهم بالمواضي البيض جزرا

    And when it is stretched toward its enemies,

    it slaughters them outright with sharp, gleaming blades.

  24. هو ربّ الكَرم المحضِ الَّذي

    لا يرى الإقلال يوم الجود عذرا

    He is the lord of pure generosity, who

    does not regard lack of means as an excuse on the day of giving.

  25. وإذا أولاكَ من إحسانه

    ساعةً في عمره أغناك دهرا

    And when he bestows some of his kindness upon you

    in one hour of his life, he enriches you for an age.

  26. فيميناً كلَّما شاهدته

    قلت فيه إنَّ بعدَ العسر يسرا

    So I swear: whenever I have beheld him,

    I have said of him, "Indeed, after hardship comes ease."

  27. سيٍّدٌ سهلٌ في بأوقات النَّدى

    وبأَيَّامِ الوغى لا زالَ وعرا

    A lord, gentle in times of giving,

    and may he ever be formidable on days of battle.

  28. يصنع المعروف مع كلّ امرئٍ

    وهو لا يبغي على المعروفِ أجرا

    He does good to every person,

    and seeks no reward for his good deeds.

  29. لمْ يَخِبْ في النَّاس يوماً آمِلٌ

    جاعِلٌ آل رسول الله ذخرا

    No hopeful seeker among mankind has ever been disappointed

    who takes the family of God's Messenger as his treasure.

  30. نَثرَ المالَ على وُفَّادِه

    فشكرنا فضله نظماً ونثرا

    He scattered wealth upon his visitors,

    so we thanked his bounty in verse and prose.

  31. سيِّدي والفضلُ لولاكَ عفا

    فجزاك الله عن عافيك خيرا

    My lord, but for you, generosity would have vanished;

    so may God reward you with good on behalf of your petitioner.

  32. بأبي أَنْتَ وأُمٍّي ماجدٌ

    قادرٌّ هو أعلى النَّاس قدرا

    My father and mother be ransom for you—a noble man,

    a powerful man, highest among people in rank.

  33. مَلَكتْ رقِّيَ منه أنعمٌ

    بعدَ ما كنتُ وأيم الله حرَّا

    His favors have claimed me as their slave,

    after I had been—by God—free.

  34. أَيُّ نعمائك يقضي حقّها

    أيُّها السَّيِّد هذا العبد شكرا

    Which of your favors can be duly repaid,

    O lord, by this servant's thanks?

  35. إنَّما الفخر الَّذي طُلْتَ به

    شرحَ الله به للمجد صدرا

    It is the honor through which you excelled

    that God has used to open wide the breast of glory.

  36. ولقد جاوَزْتَ حدًّا في العُلى

    رَجَعَتْ من دونه الأَبصار حسرى

    And you have indeed passed a threshold in eminence

    short of which eyes have turned back exhausted.

  37. فاهنا بالعيد ودم مبتهجاً

    ناحِرُ الحاسِدِ بالنّعْمَةِ نحرا

    So enjoy Eid and remain joyful,

    you who slaughter the envier outright with blessings.