إِشربَب وَغَنِّ عَلى صَوتِ النَواعيرِ

إِشربَب وَغَنِّ عَلى صَوتِ النَواعيرِ

ما كُنتُ أَعرِفُها لَولا اِبنُ مَنصورِ

ما كُنتُ أَعرِفُها لَولا اِبنُ مَنصورِ

Drink and sing to the sound of the waterwheels.

Drink and sing to the voice of the flutes

I would not have known them but for Ibn Mansur.

I wouldn't have known them were it not for Ibn Mansur

لَولا الرَجاءُ لِمَن أَمَّلتُ رُؤيَتَهُ

لَولا الرَجاءُ لِمَن أَمَّلتُ رُؤيَتَهُ

ما جُزتُ بِغدادَ مِن خَوفٍ وَتَغريرِ

ما جُزتُ بِغدادَ مِن خَوفٍ وَتَغريرِ

Were it not for hope in the one I hoped to see,

Were it not for hope in the one I wished to see

I would not have passed through Baghdad, because of fear and risk.

I wouldn't have braved Baghdad in fear and delusion