هَلُمَّ فَقدْ بَرَدَتْ راحُنا

هَلُمَّ فَقدْ بَرَدَتْ راحُنا

وأَشفَتْ على الشُّرْبِ أقداحُنا

وأَشفَتْ على الشُّرْبِ أقداحُنا

Come, for our wine has cooled,

Come, for our cups have cooled

And our goblets are poised for drinking.

And are ready for drinking

وعُلِّلَ من مائِه وَرْدُنا

وعُلِّلَ من مائِه وَرْدُنا

وغُيِّرَ بالمِسكِ تُفَّاحُنا

وغُيِّرَ بالمِسكِ تُفَّاحُنا

And our roses have been refreshed with its water,

Our roses are scented with musk

And our apples have been transformed by musk.

And our apples perfumed with water

وقد رَدَّ غِلمانُنا شُقرَنا

وقد رَدَّ غِلمانُنا شُقرَنا

وقادَ لنا الدُّهْمَ مَلاَّحُنا

وقادَ لنا الدُّهْمَ مَلاَّحُنا

And our serving boys have sent back our chestnut steeds,

Our fair boys have returned to us blonde

And our boatman has led the black steeds to us.

And our sadness has led us to revelry

فنحنُ بملُتَطِمٍ زَاخِرٍ

فنحنُ بملُتَطِمٍ زَاخِرٍ

مُغَرَّرَةٍ فيه أشباحُنا

مُغَرَّرَةٍ فيه أشباحُنا

So we are on a surging sea of clashing waves,

We are in a tumultuous sea

Our bodies imperiled there.

Where our spirits float

نَدامَى تَراجَعَ عُذَّالُنا

نَدامَى تَراجَعَ عُذَّالُنا

عَنِ العَذْلِ وارتدَّ نُصَّاحُنا

عَنِ العَذْلِ وارتدَّ نُصَّاحُنا

We are drinking companions; our reproachers have withdrawn

Regretful, for our jesters have turned

From reproach, and our advisers have turned back.

From wit to moralizing

ثِقالٌ لدَى الوَزْنِ أحلامُنا

ثِقالٌ لدَى الوَزْنِ أحلامُنا

خِفافٌ لَدى القَصْفِ أرواحُنا

خِفافٌ لَدى القَصْفِ أرواحُنا

Our minds are weighty in the balance,

Our dreams seem heavy when weighed

Our spirits are light in revelry.

Yet our souls seem light when judged

تُخَضَّبُ بالكأسِ أَيمانُنا

تُخَضَّبُ بالكأسِ أَيمانُنا

وتُصبَغُ بالدَّمِ أرماحُنا

وتُصبَغُ بالدَّمِ أرماحُنا

Our right hands are dyed by the cup,

Our oaths are dyed red with wine

And our spears are stained with blood.

And our spears stained with blood

كأنَّا بنو هاشمٍ صَولةً

كأنَّا بنو هاشمٍ صَولةً

إذا نَفَتِ الهَمَّ أفراحُنا

إذا نَفَتِ الهَمَّ أفراحُنا

We are like the sons of Hashim in our onslaught,

We are like glorious Hashimite warriors

When our joys drive care away:

When cares turn to joys

فيُعطي الرَّغائبَ منصورُنا

فيُعطي الرَّغائبَ منصورُنا

ويُدمي التَّرائبَ سَفَّاحُنا

ويُدمي التَّرائبَ سَفَّاحُنا

So our Mansur bestows bounties,

Our chief grants all requests

And our Saffah makes breastbones bleed.

While our swords spill blood

ووَجهُكَ ياحَمْدُ إن أظلَمَتْ

ووَجهُكَ ياحَمْدُ إن أظلَمَتْ

صُروفُ الحَوادثِ مِصباحُنا

صُروفُ الحَوادثِ مِصباحُنا

And your face, O Hamd, if darkness falls,

O Hamd, if the turns of fate

Is our lamp amid fate's vicissitudes.

Darken our torch

فإنْ تَنْأَ ساءكَ هَجَّاؤُنا

فإنْ تَنْأَ ساءكَ هَجَّاؤُنا

وإنْ تَدْنُ سَرَّكَ مَدَّاحُنا

وإنْ تَدْنُ سَرَّكَ مَدَّاحُنا

For if you keep your distance, our satirist will vex you,

Those who reviled will praise you

And if you draw near, our panegyrist will delight you.

And flatterers draw near