شجا القلب تذكار الأحبة والحمى

شجا القلب تذكار الأحبة والحمى

وطيب زمانٍ عهدهُ ما تصرما

وطيب زمانٍ عهدهُ ما تصرما

The memory of loved ones and the cherished abode saddened the heart,

My heart is torn remembering loved ones and the fever,

And the sweetness of a time whose memory has not faded.

And good old days whose time did not grow old,

فإن شئتما ان تسعداني وترحما

فإن شئتما ان تسعداني وترحما

خليلي قوما فاسقياني سقيتما

خليلي قوما فاسقياني سقيتما

So if you two wish to gladden me and show compassion,

If you wish to make me happy and have mercy,

My two friends, rise and give me drink—may you both be given drink—

My friends get up and serve me your drink,

سلافة خمرٍ مرة الطعم قرقفا

سلافة خمرٍ مرة الطعم قرقفا

The choicest wine, bitter to the taste and shiver-inducing.

A draft of wine, bitter in taste, pure.

It has a love that surpassed nights in concealment

لها حببٌ فاق الليالي بكنههِ

لها حببٌ فاق الليالي بكنههِ

ولم يلفَ في غير الثغور كشبهه

ولم يلفَ في غير الثغور كشبهه

Its bubbles surpassed the nights in their very essence,

And did not wrap itself except around waists like it,

And their like was found nowhere but in mouths.

So initiate and take it, O Sama, carefully,

فبادر وخذها يا سميا بنبههِ

فبادر وخذها يا سميا بنبههِ

بكف نديمٍ لو تبدى بوجهه

بكف نديمٍ لو تبدى بوجهه

So hasten and take it, O one exalted by his renown,

In the palm of a boon companion, if his face appeared,

In the hand of a drinking companion who, were he to show his face

Jacob did not despair over losing Joseph.

ليعقوب لم يأسف على فقد يوسفا

ليعقوب لم يأسف على فقد يوسفا

To Jacob, Jacob would not grieve for the loss of Joseph.