قَد بُزِلَ الدَنُّ فَقومي اِنظُري

قَد بُزِلَ الدَنُّ فَقومي اِنظُري

زِنجِيَّةً تَفتِلُ خُلخالا

زِنجِيَّةً تَفتِلُ خُلخالا

The wine jar has been tapped; so rise and look

The moon has gone astray, wake up and see

at a Black woman twisting an anklet.

An Ethiopian girl undoing her anklets

وَأَسقِنيها وَاِشرَبي وَاِطرَبي

وَأَسقِنيها وَاِشرَبي وَاِطرَبي

وَجَرِّري في الأَرضِ أَذيالا

وَجَرِّري في الأَرضِ أَذيالا

And give it to me to drink, and drink and be merry,

Give me to drink, drink yourself and be merry

and trail your skirts along the ground.

And drag your skirts trailing on the ground

تَنَعَّمي ما اِسطَعتِ وَاِستَمتِعي

تَنَعَّمي ما اِسطَعتِ وَاِستَمتِعي

إِنَّ وَراءَ المَرءِ أَهوالا

إِنَّ وَراءَ المَرءِ أَهوالا

Live in pleasure as much as you can, and enjoy yourself;

Delight as long as you shine, enjoy yourself

for terrors lie ahead of every person.

For behind a man lie calamities