لَكَ الخَيرُ ما مِقدارُ عَفوي وَما جُهدي

لَكَ الخَيرُ ما مِقدارُ عَفوي وَما جُهدي

وَآلُ حُمَيدٍ عِندَ آخِرَهُم عِندي

وَآلُ حُمَيدٍ عِندَ آخِرَهُم عِندي

May good be yours—what can I offer with ease, and what with all my effort,

To you all goodness in proportion to my spontaneity and effort

when the house of Ḥumayd, to its last member, is with me?

And the family of Humaid is for me until their last one

تَتابَعَتِ الطاءانِ طوسٌ وَطَيِّئٌ

تَتابَعَتِ الطاءانِ طوسٌ وَطَيِّئٌ

فَقُل في خُراسانٍ وَإِن شِئتَ في نَجدِ

فَقُل في خُراسانٍ وَإِن شِئتَ في نَجدِ

The two ṭāʾs followed in succession: Ṭūs and Ṭayyiʾ;

Tayyi and Taws succeeded one another

so speak of Khurāsān, and, if you wish, of Najd.

So say in Khurasan, and if you wish, in Najd

أَتوني بِلا وَعدٍ وَإِن لَم تَجِد لَهُم

أَتوني بِلا وَعدٍ وَإِن لَم تَجِد لَهُم

بِراحِهُمُ راحوا جَميعاً عَلى وَعدِ

بِراحِهُمُ راحوا جَميعاً عَلى وَعدِ

They came to me without an appointment; and if you could not find for them

They came to me without a promise, and if you do not find for them

their wine, they all departed together by appointment.

A promise, they all departed with their winds

وَلَم أَرَ خِلّاً كَالنَبيذِ إِذا جَفا

وَلَم أَرَ خِلّاً كَالنَبيذِ إِذا جَفا

جَفاكَ لَهُ خُلّانُهُ وَذَوُ الوُدِّ

جَفاكَ لَهُ خُلّانُهُ وَذَوُ الوُدِّ

And I have never seen a friend like wine: when it turns away,

And I have not seen vinegar like wine when it turns sour

its companions and loving friends shun you on its account.

Its makers and lovers turned away from it

وَمِمّا دَهى الفِتيانَ أَنَّهُمُ غَدَوا

وَمِمّا دَهى الفِتيانَ أَنَّهُمُ غَدَوا

بِآخِرِ شَعبانٍ عَلى أَوَّلِ الوَردِ

بِآخِرِ شَعبانٍ عَلى أَوَّلِ الوَردِ

And among the young men’s misfortunes was that they went out in the morning

And from what made the youths happy that they

at Shaʿbān’s end, at the first bloom of roses.

At the end of Sha'ban went to see the first roses

غَدا يَحرُمُ الماءُ القَراحُ وَتَنتَوي

غَدا يَحرُمُ الماءُ القَراحُ وَتَنتَوي

وُجوهٌ مِنَ اللَذّاتِ مُشجِيَةُ الفَقدِ

وُجوهٌ مِنَ اللَذّاتِ مُشجِيَةُ الفَقدِ

Tomorrow pure water becomes forbidden, and away go

They went in the morning when water becomes unlawful and faces

forms of pleasure whose loss brings sorrow.

Appearing from pleasures are saddened by loss

أَعِنّا عَلى يَومَ نُشَيِّعُ لَهوَنا

أَعِنّا عَلى يَومَ نُشَيِّعُ لَهوَنا

إِلى لَيلَةٍ فيها لَهُ أَجَلٌ مُردِ

إِلى لَيلَةٍ فيها لَهُ أَجَلٌ مُردِ

Help us through a day when we escort our revelry

Help us on a day we bid farewell to our amusements

to a night when its fatal hour comes.

To a night in which it has a binding fate

فَلَستُ أَعُدُّ كَم يَدٍ لَكَ سَمَّحَت

فَلَستُ أَعُدُّ كَم يَدٍ لَكَ سَمَّحَت

يَدَيَّ وَمَجدٍ مِنكَ شَيَّدَ لي مَجدي

يَدَيَّ وَمَجدٍ مِنكَ شَيَّدَ لي مَجدي

For I cannot count how many favors of yours have made

So I do not count how many hands you extended to me

my hands generous, or how much glory from you has built up my glory.

My hands and glory you have built for me my glory

وَما النِعمَةُ البَيضاءُ في شِركَةِ الغِنى

وَما النِعمَةُ البَيضاءُ في شِركَةِ الغِنى

بَلِ النِعمَةُ البَيضاءُ في شِركَةِ الحَمدِ

بَلِ النِعمَةُ البَيضاءُ في شِركَةِ الحَمدِ

And the radiant blessing lies not in sharing wealth;

And pure blessing is not in partnership with wealth

rather, the radiant blessing lies in sharing praise.

But pure blessing is in partnership with gratitude