اشربْ على مطرِ المصيفِ

اشربْ على مطرِ المصيفِ

ووميضِ برقٍ كالسيوفِ

ووميضِ برقٍ كالسيوفِ

Drink to the summer rain,

Drink to the rain of summer,

And lightning's flash, like swords,

To the flash of lightning like swords,

وحنين رعدٍ لا يزا

وحنين رعدٍ لا يزا

لُ يروقُ سمعكَ بالعَزيفِ

لُ يروقُ سمعكَ بالعَزيفِ

And the moan of thunder that never

To the yearning thunder that never ceases,

Ceases to delight your hearing with music,

To please your hearing with the melody.

وغَمامةٍ قَسَمَتْ زما

وغَمامةٍ قَسَمَتْ زما

نكَ بين طَلٍّ أَو وكِيفِ

نكَ بين طَلٍّ أَو وكِيفِ

And a cloud that divided your

And to a cloud that divided your time,

Time between drizzle and pouring rain,

Between a long hope or a brief respite,

وحَدَائقٍ أنوارُها

وحَدَائقٍ أنوارُها

تُعدِي العيونَ على الأُنوفِ

تُعدِي العيونَ على الأُنوفِ

And gardens whose blossoms

And to gardens whose lights,

Give the eyes the upper hand over the noses.

Surpass eyes over the summits.

فاذا عَدِمْتَهما معاً

فاذا عَدِمْتَهما معاً

فاشربْ على وجهِ الشَّريفِ

فاشربْ على وجهِ الشَّريفِ

Then, if you lack them both together,

So if you miss them both,

Drink to the face of the noble,

Then drink to the face of the noble,

الزينبي الأملَسِ الا

الزينبي الأملَسِ الا

أَكنافِ من أَثرِ القُرُوفِ

أَكنافِ من أَثرِ القُرُوفِ

Al-Zaynabi, with smooth

Of smooth beauty, except,

Flanks, free of the traces of blemishes.

For the traces of ruins on the cheeks.

نبضتْ عروقُكَ من بني ال

نبضتْ عروقُكَ من بني ال

عبَّاسِ في البيتِ المنيفِ

عبَّاسِ في البيتِ المنيفِ

Your veins took their pulse from the sons of

Your veins throbbed from the sons,

Abbas, in the lofty house.

Of Al-Abbas in the blessed house,

وتزينتْ بكَ زينبٌ

وتزينتْ بكَ زينبٌ

زينُ المسامعِ بالشُّنُوفِ

زينُ المسامعِ بالشُّنُوفِ

And Zaynab was adorned with you,

And Zainab adorned herself with you,

As ears are adorned with earrings.

The adornment of hearing with earrings.

وبنو عليٍّ لست من

وبنو عليٍّ لست من

هم كالشَّظاةِ من الوَظيفِ

هم كالشَّظاةِ من الوَظيفِ

And Ali's sons—you are not of

And the family of Ali, you are not,

Them as a mere splint bone is of the shank.

Like the splinters from kindling.

يا ابن الوصيينِ اللذي

يا ابن الوصيينِ اللذي

نِ تنازعا حقَ الرَّديفِ

نِ تنازعا حقَ الرَّديفِ

O son of the two legatees who

O son of the two successors,

Contended for the successor's right,

Who disputed the right of affiliation,

وتشاجر الأَقوامُ في اب

وتشاجر الأَقوامُ في اب

نِ العمِّ والعمِّ الرؤوفِ

نِ العمِّ والعمِّ الرؤوفِ

And the peoples quarreled over the

And the groups quarrelled over the son,

Cousin and the compassionate uncle.

Of the uncle and the merciful uncle.

أَنت المخيَّرُ منهما

أَنت المخيَّرُ منهما

بين التليدِ الى الطَّريفِ

بين التليدِ الى الطَّريفِ

You are the choicest of them both,

You are the chosen one between them,

From the inherited to the newly won.

From the ancient to the fresh.