اِذكُر أَبا جَعفَرٍ حَقّاً أَمُتُّ بِهِ

اِذكُر أَبا جَعفَرٍ حَقّاً أَمُتُّ بِهِ

أَنى وَإِيّاكَ مَشغوفانِ بِالأَدَبِ

أَنى وَإِيّاكَ مَشغوفانِ بِالأَدَبِ

Remember, Abu Ja'far, a claim by which I assert my bond with you:

Remember Abu Ja'far truly, I die for him

That you and I are both enamored of literature,

However I long for you, we both love literature

وَأَنَّنا قَد رَضَعنا الكَأسَ دِرَّتَها

وَأَنَّنا قَد رَضَعنا الكَأسَ دِرَّتَها

وَالكَأسُ دِرَّتُها حَظٌّ مِنَ النَسَبِ

وَالكَأسُ دِرَّتُها حَظٌّ مِنَ النَسَبِ

And that we have suckled the cup's milk;

We have drunk from the cup again and again

And the cup's milk is a share in kinship.

The cup is an inheritance, a fate from ancestry