قُل لِلوَزيرِ أَدامَ اللَهُ دَولَتَهُ

قُل لِلوَزيرِ أَدامَ اللَهُ دَولَتَهُ

أُذكُر مُنادَمَتي وَالخَبزُ خشكارُ

أُذكُر مُنادَمَتي وَالخَبزُ خشكارُ

Say to the vizier—may God prolong his power—

Tell the minister whose reign God prolong

Recall drinking with me, when the bread was coarse,

I reminisce our chat though bread be hard

إِذ لَيسَ بِالبابِ برذونٌ لِنَوبَتِكُم

إِذ لَيسَ بِالبابِ برذونٌ لِنَوبَتِكُم

وَلا غُلامٌ وَلا بِالبابِ طَيّارُ

وَلا غُلامٌ وَلا بِالبابِ طَيّارُ

When no riding horse stood at the door for your turn of duty,

Since at the door there is no cloak for your shift

Nor a servant boy, nor a swift riverboat at the door.

Nor servant, nor by the door a flier