أملَلتُ من كانَ كَريماً فَمَل

أملَلتُ من كانَ كَريماً فَمَل

واللَّومُ لا يَدخلُ لي في عَمَل

واللَّومُ لا يَدخلُ لي في عَمَل

I have wearied one who was generous, and he grew weary;

I wearied one who was generous, so he grew weary.

and reproach has no place in any deed of mine.

And blame has no place in what I do.

وقَد مَضى العيدُ وأَيامُه

وقَد مَضى العيدُ وأَيامُه

تُشبِهُ أيامَ الصِّيامِ الأُوَل

تُشبِهُ أيامَ الصِّيامِ الأُوَل

And Eid has passed, and its days

And Eid has passed, and its days

resemble the first days of fasting.

Resemble the earlier days of fasting.

فَهاتِ قُل لي ما الَّذي عازَني

فَهاتِ قُل لي ما الَّذي عازَني

في طَبق الخرفِ أما قَد كمَل

في طَبق الخرفِ أما قَد كمَل

So bring it—and tell me: what do I still lack

Come then, tell me what I lacked

in a platter of gathered fruit? Is it not yet complete?

In the platter of picked fruit—was it not already complete?

وانفذ إليَّ الميقدُونيَّ كَي

وانفذ إليَّ الميقدُونيَّ كَي

يَحملَ مِن هَمِّي ما قَد حَمَل

يَحملَ مِن هَمِّي ما قَد حَمَل

And send me the Macedonian wine, so that it may

And send al-Miqaduni to me, so that

carry away a measure of my care—a load it has already borne.

He may bear what he has already borne of my worry.