يا اِبنَةَ الشَيخِ اِصبَحينا

يا اِبنَةَ الشَيخِ اِصبَحينا

ما الَّذي تَنتَظِرينا

ما الَّذي تَنتَظِرينا

O daughter of the sheikh, serve us a morning drink.

O daughter of the sheikh, we woke up

O daughter of the Sheikh, pour us our morning drink,

What are you waiting for?

What is it that you are waiting for us?

What is it that you are waiting for?

قَد جَرى في عودِكِ الما

قَد جَرى في عودِكِ الما

ءُ فَأَجري الخَمرَ فينا

ءُ فَأَجري الخَمرَ فينا

Water has already flowed through your stem;

The water has flowed in your willow branch, so make the wine flow in us

Water has flowed through your wood,

so make the wine flow through us.

We only drink it

So make the wine flow among us.

إِنَّما نَشرَبُ مِنها

إِنَّما نَشرَبُ مِنها

فَاِعلَمي ذاكَ يَقينا

فَاِعلَمي ذاكَ يَقينا

We drink of it only—

So know that for certain

For indeed, we only drink from it—

so know that for certain—

Whatever is contrary

So know that with certainty—

كُلَّ ما كانَ خِلافاً

كُلَّ ما كانَ خِلافاً

لِشَرابِ الصالِحينا

لِشَرابِ الصالِحينا

all that is contrary

To the drink of the righteous

Everything that stands in opposition

to the drink of the righteous.

And turn it away from the miser

To the beverage of the pious.

وَاِصرِفيها عَن بَخيلٍ

وَاِصرِفيها عَن بَخيلٍ

دانَ بِالإِمساكِ دينا

دانَ بِالإِمساكِ دينا

And keep it away from a miser

Who clings to abstinence as his religion

And turn the cup away from the miser

who professed miserliness as his religion.

Time has been prolonged for him

Who has adopted withholding as his creed.

طَوَّلَ الدَهرُ عَلَيهِ

طَوَّلَ الدَهرُ عَلَيهِ

فَيَرى الساعَةَ حينا

فَيَرى الساعَةَ حينا

Time has dragged on for him,

So he will see the moment one day

Time has dragged on for him,

so an hour seems to him a long while.

Stop at the abode of the loving ones

So he sees a mere hour as an age.

قِف بِرَبعِ الظاعِنينا

قِف بِرَبعِ الظاعِنينا

وَاِبكِ إِن كُنتَ حَزينا

وَاِبكِ إِن كُنتَ حَزينا

Stop at the dwelling of those who have departed,

And cry if you are sad

Halt at the campsite of those who departed,

and weep if you are sorrowful.

And ask the house when

And weep, if you are truly sorrowful.

وَاِسأَلِ الدارَ مَتى فا

وَاِسأَلِ الدارَ مَتى فا

رَقَتِ الدارُ القَطينا

رَقَتِ الدارُ القَطينا

And ask the dwelling when

It was separated from the friendly house

And ask the abode: when did the house

the dwelling parted from its inhabitants.

We asked it but it refuses

Part ways with its inhabitants?

قَد سَأَلناها وَتَأبى

قَد سَأَلناها وَتَأبى

أَن تُجيبَ السائِلينا

أَن تُجيبَ السائِلينا

We have already asked it, yet it refuses

To answer the questioners

We have asked it, but it refuses

to answer those who ask.

To give an answer to the questioners.