ألا عُدْ لي بباطَيةٍ وكاسِ

ألا عُدْ لي بباطَيةٍ وكاسِ

وَزَعْ همِّي بإبريقٍ وطاسِ

وَزَعْ همِّي بإبريقٍ وطاسِ

Come, return to me with a wine bowl and a cup;

Oh bring me a cup and a glass,

and dispel my sorrow with a ewer and a bowl.

And dispel my worries with a pitcher and bowl,

وَذَاكِرْني بشِعْرِ أبي نُواسٍ

وَذَاكِرْني بشِعْرِ أبي نُواسٍ

على رَوْضٍ كَشِعْرِ أبي نُواسِ

على رَوْضٍ كَشِعْرِ أبي نُواسِ

And discuss with me the poetry of Abu Nuwas,

And remind me with the poetry of Abi Nuwas,

in a meadow like the poetry of Abu Nuwas,

In a garden like the poetry of Abi Nuwas,

وغيمٍ مُرهَفاتُ البرقِ فيه

وغيمٍ مُرهَفاتُ البرقِ فيه

عَوارٍ والرِّياضُ به كَواسي

عَوارٍ والرِّياضُ به كَواسي

and beneath a cloud in which lightning’s keen blades

With clouds where lightning flashes within,

are bare, while the gardens are clothed by it.

Tempests and gardens with cups,

وقد سَلَّتْ جيوشُ الفِطْرِ فيه

وقد سَلَّتْ جيوشُ الفِطْرِ فيه

على شَهْرِ الصِّيامِ سيوفَ باسِ

على شَهْرِ الصِّيامِ سيوفَ باسِ

And in it the armies of Eid have drawn

And the armies of rain have unleashed in it,

against the month of fasting swords of might.

On the month of fasting their sharp swords,

ولاحَ لنا الهلالُ كشَطْرِ طَوْقٍ

ولاحَ لنا الهلالُ كشَطْرِ طَوْقٍ

على لبَّاتِ زَرْقاءِ اللِّباسِ

على لبَّاتِ زَرْقاءِ اللِّباسِ

And the crescent appeared to us like half a necklace

The crescent appeared to us like a necklace,

upon the bosom of one clad in blue.

On the collar of one dressed in blue attire.