أميري يا من ندى كفه

أميري يا من ندى كفه

يزيد على العراض الممطر

يزيد على العراض الممطر

My prince—O you whose palm’s bounty

My prince, O you whose hand's bounty

surpasses the rain-bearing clouds;

surpasses the broad, rain-bearing cloud,

أرى يومنا يوم كأسٍ تدو

أرى يومنا يوم كأسٍ تدو

ر من يد ذي دعجٍ أحور

ر من يد ذي دعجٍ أحور

I see our day as one when a cup turns

I see our day as a day for a cup passing round

round from the hand of a youth with deep-black, wide eyes;

from the hand of one with deep-black eyes and brilliant whites.

وأبيض يحدوك سكر الغرام

وأبيض يحدوك سكر الغرام

على لثم شاربه الأخضر

على لثم شاربه الأخضر

and a fair youth whom love’s intoxication urges you

And a fair-skinned youth—love's intoxication urges you

to kiss upon his green mustache.

to kiss his green moustache.

بحمرة وجنته تستدل

بحمرة وجنته تستدل

على أنه من بني الأصفر

على أنه من بني الأصفر

By the redness of his cheek you can tell

From the redness of his cheek you infer

that he is one of the Sons of Yellow;

that he belongs to the sons of the Yellow One,

وأنك من دونه قد ضرب

وأنك من دونه قد ضرب

ت هامة ذي لبدةٍ قسور

ت هامة ذي لبدةٍ قسور

and that, in his defense, you have struck

and that, in his defense, you have struck

the head of a fierce, maned lion.

the head of a fierce, mane-bearing lion.

وشعر ابن حجاج يا سيدي

وشعر ابن حجاج يا سيدي

يغني به عبدك الهنكري

يغني به عبدك الهنكري

And this verse of Ibn Ḥajjāj, my lord,

And Ibn Hajjaj's verse, O my master,

your servant al-ʿAnbarī sings

is sung by your servant al-Hankari.

غناءٌ وشعرٌ لنا يجمعا

غناءٌ وشعرٌ لنا يجمعا

ن ما بين زلزل والبحتري

ن ما بين زلزل والبحتري

as song; the singing and my verse bring together for us

Song and verse bring together for us

the robust manner and the Buḥturian.

Zalzal and al-Buhturi.