شُربي عَلى المُقلَةِ في مَقلَتٍ

شُربي عَلى المُقلَةِ في مَقلَتٍ

وَأَكلِيَ المَشرِقَ بِالمَغرِبِ

وَأَكلِيَ المَشرِقَ بِالمَغرِبِ

My drinking by a pebble’s measure from a rock hollow,

Drink up my cup through gentle sips,

and my eating the East in the West,

And eat with grace from east to west,

آثَرُ عِندي مِن طَعامٍ لَهُم

آثَرُ عِندي مِن طَعامٍ لَهُم

يُشفَعُ بِالمُطرِفِ وَالمُطرِبِ

يُشفَعُ بِالمُطرِفِ وَالمُطرِبِ

are preferable to me to their food,

More cherished by me than their food,

accompanied by a wit and a singer.

Is poetry sung in joyous zest.

يا تَرِبَ الحالَةِ كُلٌّ إِلى التُر

يا تَرِبَ الحالَةِ كُلٌّ إِلى التُر

بِ فَجَنِّب حَسَدَ المُترِبِ

بِ فَجَنِّب حَسَدَ المُترِبِ

O impoverished one, all are bound for dust;

O provider of my state, we all turn to dust,

so shun envy of the wealthy.

So spare me the envy of foes at rest.