1. Arise, for morning's radiant light has come,
My friend, let's seize the air and early start.
١. قُمْ قَدْ أَتَى ضَوْءُ الصَّبَاحِ المُسْفِرِ
يَا صَاحِ نَغْتَنِمِ الهَوَا وَنُبَكِّرِ
2. Partake of luscious figs, whose taste is sweet,
Whose beauty rivals fabrics fine and rare.
٢. نَلْمِمْ بِتِيْنٍ لَذَّ طَعْمَاً وَاكْتَسَى
حُسْنَاً وَقَارَبَ مَنْظَرَاً مِنْ مَخْبَرِ
3. Like snow, so cold beneath a cloudless sky,
Mid fragrant breeze and over sugar's taste.
٣. كَالثَّلْجِ بَرْدَاً فِي صَفَاءِ التَّبْرِ فِي
رِيْحِ العَبِيْرِ وَفَوْقَ طَعْمِ السُّكَّرِ
4. Its meaning is as gentle as a lover
Lost in thought, whose face longing has graced.
٤. لَطُفَتْ مَعَانِيْهِ لَطَافَةَ عَاشِقٍ
فِي لَوْنِ مُشَتَاقٍ حَلِيْفِ تَفَكُّرِ
5. It tells, when layered on its serving dish,
Of tents of yellow silk stretched overhead.
٥. يَحْكِي إِذَ مَا صُفَّ فِي أَطْبَاقِهِ
خَيَمَاً ضُرِبْنَ مِنَ الحَرِيْرِ الأَصْفَرِ