Dhafer Youssef - Khamsa "the Khamriyyat of Abu Nuwas" - translation of the lyrics into English

Lyrics and translation Dhafer Youssef - Khamsa "the Khamriyyat of Abu Nuwas"




Khamsa "the Khamriyyat of Abu Nuwas"
Khamsa "the Khamriyyat of Abu Nuwas"
إسقني وإسقي يوسف، مزة الطعم قرقفا
Give me a drink, and give drink to Yusuf, the taste of wine is heavenly
إسقنيها ملأً وفا، لا أُريد المنصفا
Give it me to the full and without reprieve, I don't want moderation
وضعِ الزق جانباً ومـع الزق مصحفاً، آه
Put the wineskin aside and with the wineskin a Qur'an, ah
وأحس من ذا ثلاثة، وأتل من ذاك أحرفاً
And feel from this trio, and from that read the letters
خير هذا بشر ذا، فإذا الله قـد عفا
The best of this is a human, this, if God forgives
فلقد فاز من محا ذا بِذا عـنه واكتفى
Thus he succeeds who effaces this with that and is content





Writer(s): Dhafer Youssef


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