أدرِ المخدرة العقارا

أدرِ المخدرة العقارا

فالليل قد أرخى الإزارا

فالليل قد أرخى الإزارا

Pass round the veiled maiden—the wine;

Pass the wine cup, my friend, for night has loosened its girdle;

For night has let down its wrap.

My neighbor of Basra, you do not consider the bond of neighborhood;

يا جارتي برصفاة ال

يا جارتي برصفاة ال

مهدي لم ترعي جوارا

مهدي لم ترعي جوارا

O my neighbor in the Rusafa of al-

Answer the longing lover, tell him,

Mahdi, you have not honored a neighbor's rights.

'A pining wanderer for your love, ablaze and crazed,'

ردي على المشتاق قل

ردي على المشتاق قل

باً هائماً بك مستطارا

باً هائماً بك مستطارا

Give back to the yearning lover a

Do not kill him, for his people

heart, lost in love with you and distraught.

Will never leave the blood unavenged.

لا تقتليه فقومه

لا تقتليه فقومه

لا يتركون الدهر ثارا

لا يتركون الدهر ثارا

Do not kill him, for his people

never leave a blood-debt unavenged.