قَد زارَني اليَومَ نورُ عَيني

قَد زارَني اليَومَ نورُ عَيني

وَكانَ بِالأَمسِ صَدَّ عَنّي

وَكانَ بِالأَمسِ صَدَّ عَنّي

Today the light of my eye has visited me,

The light of my eyes visited me today,

Though yesterday he had turned away from me.

And yesterday he turned away from me.

وَلَيسَ عِندي لَهُ مُدام

وَلَيسَ عِندي لَهُ مُدام

وَلَيسَ يَرضى بِذاكَ مِنّي

وَلَيسَ يَرضى بِذاكَ مِنّي

And I have no wine for him,

I have no wine to offer him,

Nor is he satisfied with that from me.

And he is not satisfied with that from me.

فَجُد عَلَينا بِنِصفِ دَنٍّ

فَجُد عَلَينا بِنِصفِ دَنٍّ

بِثُلثِ دَنٍّ بِرُبعِ دَنِّ

بِثُلثِ دَنٍّ بِرُبعِ دَنِّ

So grant us half a jar of wine,

So be generous with us with half a cup,

A third of a jar, a quarter of a jar.

A third of a cup, a quarter of a cup.

لا تُنكِرَن كِذبَتي وَشَتمي

لا تُنكِرَن كِذبَتي وَشَتمي

فَإِنَّني شاعِرٌ مُغَنّي

فَإِنَّني شاعِرٌ مُغَنّي

Do not condemn my lie and my insults,

Do not deny my lies and insults,

For I am a poet and a singer:

For I am a poet and singer.

حالانِ لَو حالَفا مَليكاً

حالانِ لَو حالَفا مَليكاً

وافى يُنادي بِكُلِّ فَنِّ

وافى يُنادي بِكُلِّ فَنِّ

Two conditions—if they kept company with a king,

If only two conditions allied a king

He would come calling out in every manner.

Fulfilling every art.