يا أَيُّها المَلِكُ الَّذي نُدَماؤُهُ

يا أَيُّها المَلِكُ الَّذي نُدَماؤُهُ

شُرَكاؤُهُ في مِلكِهِ لا مُلكِهِ

شُرَكاؤُهُ في مِلكِهِ لا مُلكِهِ

O king, whose boon companions

O King, whose boon companions truly stand

are his partners in his wealth, not his sovereignty:

Partners in his fortune, though not his throne,

في كُلِّ يَومٍ بَينَنا دَمُ كَرمَةٍ

في كُلِّ يَومٍ بَينَنا دَمُ كَرمَةٍ

لَكَ تَوبَةٌ مِن تَوبَةٍ مِن سَفكِهِ

لَكَ تَوبَةٌ مِن تَوبَةٍ مِن سَفكِهِ

each day, between us is the blood of a vine;

Each day between us flows the vine's red blood,

you repent of repenting of shedding it.

And you repent the very penance of its shedding.

وَالصِدقُ مِن شِيَمِ الكِرامِ فَنَبِّنا

وَالصِدقُ مِن شِيَمِ الكِرامِ فَنَبِّنا

أَمِنَ الشَرابِ تَتوبُ أَم مِن تَركِهِ

أَمِنَ الشَرابِ تَتوبُ أَم مِن تَركِهِ

And truthfulness is among the traits of the noble—so tell us:

Since truth defines the noble character, inform us:

do you repent of drinking wine, or of giving it up?

Do you repent the wine, or the forsaking of it?