1. What is life, if the morning shines
And a specter from Tihama passes by

2. Nay, not even pleasures are lasting
The inhabitant turned away and the driver left

3. Life is pure, as if its radiance
Is an ember that ignited and illuminated the dark

4. Eminent men throughout the ages prayed over it
And the humble prostrated towards it

5. Why do I care for carnelian and musk
The shedding of carnelian and shedding of musk are free

6. An unmarried girl who has not marred the rest of a reveler
Since she has always been a virgin with large dark eyes

7. Whoever loves sober Najd passionately
I am a lover of wine

8. Foolish is the opinion of a youth who spends the night without
A precedent in the arena of predawn darkness

9. Especially since an army of patience has been assigned
Pavilions above the soft meadows

10. And the spring has beauties over time
With it the heart of joy is a swollen torrent

11. O you who drink sobriety, avail yourself
Of an ornamented land and a gushing water

12. And regiments of delicate flowers are battalions
Raised on its branches are trellised pavilions

13. And birds trill in the branches as if
They are returning melodies and passionate love songs