لَئِن خُلِقَ الأَنامُ لَحَسوِ كَأسٍ

لَئِن خُلِقَ الأَنامُ لَحَسوِ كَأسٍ

وَمِزمارٍ وَطُنبورٍ وَعودِ

وَمِزمارٍ وَطُنبورٍ وَعودِ

If indeed mankind was created to sip from a cup,

Though mortals were created for the cup's delight

and for a pipe, a tanbur, and an oud,

And lute and reed and oud to glad the night

فَلَم يُخلَق بَنو حَمدانَ إِلّا

فَلَم يُخلَق بَنو حَمدانَ إِلّا

لِمَجدٍ أَو لِبَأسٍ أَو لِجودِ

لِمَجدٍ أَو لِبَأسٍ أَو لِجودِ

then the sons of Hamdan were created only

Yet Hamdan's sons were made for only three:

for glory, or for valor, or for generosity.

For glory, war, or open-handedness and might