مَنَعَ الصَومُ العُقارا

مَنَعَ الصَومُ العُقارا

وَزَوى اللَهوَ فَغارا

وَزَوى اللَهوَ فَغارا

Fasting forbade wine,

Fasting forbade drink

Fasting has forbidden the wine,

and banished merriment, so it vanished.

And diminished frivolity

And withheld amusement, so it vanished away.

وَبَقينا في سُجونِ ال

وَبَقينا في سُجونِ ال

صَومِ لِلهَمِّ أَسارى

صَومِ لِلهَمِّ أَسارى

And we remained in the prisons of

And we remain in the prisons of fasting

And we remained in the prisons of the

fasting, captives to sorrow.

Captives to anxiety

Fast, captives to distress.

غَيرَ أَنّا سَنُداري

غَيرَ أَنّا سَنُداري

فيهِ مَن لَيسَ يُدارى

فيهِ مَن لَيسَ يُدارى

Yet we shall humor

Except that we will secretly

Yet we shall cunningly evade,

during it one who cannot be humored.

Drink at night with those who cannot be denied

Therein, Him who is not easily evaded.

نَشرَبُ اللَيلَ إِلى الصُب

نَشرَبُ اللَيلَ إِلى الصُب

حِ صِغاراً وَكِبارا

حِ صِغاراً وَكِبارا

We drink through the night until day-

We will drink from dusk until dawn

We drink the night away until the dawn,

break, young and old,

Both small and great

Both the young ones and the old.

وَنُغَنّي ما اِشتَهَينا

وَنُغَنّي ما اِشتَهَينا

هُ مِنَ الشِعرِ جِهارا

هُ مِنَ الشِعرِ جِهارا

and sing whatever we desire

And we will sing what we desire

And we sing whatever we desire

of poetry, aloud.

Of poetry aloud

Of poetry, openly and aloud.

اِسقِني حَتّى تَراني

اِسقِني حَتّى تَراني

أَحسَبُ الديكَ حِمارا

أَحسَبُ الديكَ حِمارا

Give me drink until you see me

Serve me drink until you see me

Pour me drink until you see me

mistaking the rooster for a donkey.

Mistake the rooster for a donkey

Mistaking the rooster for a donkey.