سَقَينا اِمرَأَ القَيسِ اِبنَ حُجرِ اِبنِ حارِثٍ

سَقَينا اِمرَأَ القَيسِ اِبنَ حُجرِ اِبنِ حارِثٍ

كُؤوسَ الشَجا حَتّى تَعَوَّدَ بِالقَهرِ

كُؤوسَ الشَجا حَتّى تَعَوَّدَ بِالقَهرِ

We made Imru’ al-Qays, son of Hujr, son of Harith, drink

We gave Imru' al-Qais, son of Hujr, son of Harith,

Cups of sorrow until he grew accustomed to defeat.

Cups of wild roses, until he was accustomed to enslavement.

وَأَلهاهُ شُربٌ ناعِمٌ وَقُراقِرٌ

وَأَلهاهُ شُربٌ ناعِمٌ وَقُراقِرٌ

وَأَعياهُ ثَأرٌ كانَ يَطلُبُ في حُجرِ

وَأَعياهُ ثَأرٌ كانَ يَطلُبُ في حُجرِ

Drinking at Na‘im and Quraqir distracted him,

He was stupefied by smooth, sparkling wine,

And the vengeance he was seeking for Hujr exhausted him.

And exhausted by a vengeance he was seeking on Hujr's lap.

وَذاكَ لَعَمري كانَ أَسهَلَ مَشرَعاً

وَذاكَ لَعَمري كانَ أَسهَلَ مَشرَعاً

عَلَيهِ مِنَ البيضِ الصَوارِمِ وَالسُمرِ

عَلَيهِ مِنَ البيضِ الصَوارِمِ وَالسُمرِ

And that, by my life, was an easier watering-place

By my life, that was easier for him

For him than the white, keen-edged swords and the brown spears.

Than white swords and brown spears.