خَليلَيَّ قَد طابَ الشَرابُ المُبَرَّدُ

خَليلَيَّ قَد طابَ الشَرابُ المُبَرَّدُ

وَقَد عُدتُ بَعدَ الشَكِّ وَالعودُ أَحمَدُ

وَقَد عُدتُ بَعدَ الشَكِّ وَالعودُ أَحمَدُ

My two friends, the chilled wine has become delightful.

My friend, the chilled wine is good,

And I have returned after doubt; returning is more praiseworthy.

And I have returned, after doubt and absence, Ahmad.

فَهاتا عُقاراً في قَميصِ زُجاجَةٍ

فَهاتا عُقاراً في قَميصِ زُجاجَةٍ

كَياقوتَةٍ في دُرَّةٍ تَتَوَقَّدُ

كَياقوتَةٍ في دُرَّةٍ تَتَوَقَّدُ

So bring, you two, wine wearing a glass bottle as a shirt,

So bring me a potion in a glass flask,

Like a ruby glowing within a pearl.

Like a ruby in a pearl that glows.

يَصوغُ عَليها الماءُ شُبّاكَ فِضَّةٍ

يَصوغُ عَليها الماءُ شُبّاكَ فِضَّةٍ

لَها حَلَقٌ بيضٌ تَحَلُّ وَتُعقَدُ

لَها حَلَقٌ بيضٌ تَحَلُّ وَتُعقَدُ

The water fashions over it a lattice of silver;

The water fashions around it a net of silver,

It has white rings that loosen and are knotted.

With a white necklace that dissolves and coagulates.

وَغَنّى لَنا في جَوفِها حَبَشِيَّةٌ

وَغَنّى لَنا في جَوفِها حَبَشِيَّةٌ

عَلَيها سَراويلٌ مِنَ الماءِ مُجسَدُ

عَلَيها سَراويلٌ مِنَ الماءِ مُجسَدُ

And an Abyssinian woman sang for us within it,

And it sings for us in its interior a Habashiyya song,

Wearing red-dyed trousers made of water.

Wearing trousers of water embodied.

فَظاهِرُها حِلمٌ صَبورٌ عَلى الأَذى

فَظاهِرُها حِلمٌ صَبورٌ عَلى الأَذى

وَباطِنُها جَهلٌ يَقومُ وَيَقعُدُ

وَباطِنُها جَهلٌ يَقومُ وَيَقعُدُ

So its exterior is forbearance, patient under harm;

Its appearance is forbearing patience from harm

And its interior is folly that rises and sits down.

And its interior is ignorance that rises and sits.

وَلَمّا جَنَيناها قِطافاً رَويَّةً

وَلَمّا جَنَيناها قِطافاً رَويَّةً

تَذوبُ إِذا مَسَّت عَناقيدَها اليَدُ

تَذوبُ إِذا مَسَّت عَناقيدَها اليَدُ

And when we gathered it in juicy bunches,

And when we pluck it as ripe bunches,

It would melt when the hand touched its clusters.

It melts when its clusters touch the hand.