منْ لامني في حبِّ كوزٍ وذكرهِ

منْ لامني في حبِّ كوزٍ وذكرهِ

فلاقى الذي لا قيتُ إذا حَفَزَ الرَّحمْ

فلاقى الذي لا قيتُ إذا حَفَزَ الرَّحمْ

Whoever blames me for loving Kuz and remembering him,

He who blamed me for loving a wine-skin and speaking of it,

May he suffer what I suffered when kinship pressed upon me.

Has met what I met when the saddle-bags were packed.

فيا حَبّذا كوزٌ إذا الخَيْلُ أدبَرَتْ

فيا حَبّذا كوزٌ إذا الخَيْلُ أدبَرَتْ

وثارَ غبارٌ في الدَّهاسِ وفي الاكمْ

وثارَ غبارٌ في الدَّهاسِ وفي الاكمْ

Ah, how admirable is Kuz when the horses retreat,

So excellent is a wine-skin when the horses have turned back,

And dust rises over the sandy flats and the hillocks.

And dust is stirred up in the hollows and on the hillsides.

فنِعْمَ الفَتى تَعشوا إلى ضَوءِ نارِهِ

فنِعْمَ الفَتى تَعشوا إلى ضَوءِ نارِهِ

كُوَيزُ بنُ صَخرٍ ليلة َ الرّيحِ والظُّلَمْ

كُوَيزُ بنُ صَخرٍ ليلة َ الرّيحِ والظُّلَمْ

What a fine young man—you seek the light of his fire—

The best kind of youth goes forth in the light of its fire,

Kuwayz son of Sakhr, on a night of wind and darkness,

Kawyz son of Sakhara on a night of wind and darkness.

اذا البازلُ الكوماءُ لاذتْ برفلها

اذا البازلُ الكوماءُ لاذتْ برفلها

ولاذَتْ لِواذاً بالمُدرّينَ بالسِّلَمْ

ولاذَتْ لِواذاً بالمُدرّينَ بالسِّلَمْ

When the mature, high-humped she-camel seeks shelter in her trailing hair,

When the timid wild cows take refuge in its covering,

And seeks refuge with those taking cover among the acacias.

And take refuge in one who is merciful and gentle.

وقد حالَ خيرٌ من أُناسٍ ورِفْدُهُمْ

وقد حالَ خيرٌ من أُناسٍ ورِفْدُهُمْ

بكفَّي غلامٍ لا ضنينٍ ولابرمْ

بكفَّي غلامٍ لا ضنينٍ ولابرمْ

The goodness of people and their bounty have passed

And the best part of some people and their bounty was shut off

Into the hands of a youth neither stingy nor weary of giving.

By the palms of a boy who was neither grudging nor mean.