إن أقبل السعد وزال العنا

إن أقبل السعد وزال العنا

وقد سكرنا بكؤوس المنى

وقد سكرنا بكؤوس المنى

If good fortune comes and hardship passes,

If fortune smiles and sorrow departs,

While we have grown drunk on cups of wishes,

And we are drunk with cups of desire,

وموسم الأفراح لي إن دنا

وموسم الأفراح لي إن دنا

يا ربةَ العود خذي في الغنا

يا ربةَ العود خذي في الغنا

And if the season of joys draws near to me,

And the season of joy draws near for me,

O mistress of the oud, take up singing,

O mistress of the lute, take up singing!

وحرِّكي من صوته ما ونى

وحرِّكي من صوته ما ونى

قم يا نديمي موسم القرب جا

قم يا نديمي موسم القرب جا

And stir whatever has languished in its voice.

And stir with your voice whatever has fallen silent.

Rise, O my drinking companion: the season of nearness has come.

Arise, my boon companion! The season of nearness has come,

وأبدل اليأس لنا بالرجا

وأبدل اليأس لنا بالرجا

ولا تخف ظلم ظلام دجا

ولا تخف ظلم ظلام دجا

And replace our despair with hope.

And replace despair for us with hope,

And do not fear the oppression of deepening darkness,

And do not fear the darkness of gloomy night,

فإن مسودَّ قميص الدجى

فإن مسودَّ قميص الدجى

لوَّنه الصبح بما لوَّنا

لوَّنه الصبح بما لوَّنا

For night’s blackened shirt—

For the dawn has colored the shirt of darkness

Dawn has dyed it with the hues it imparted.

With what we have colored it.

حسن ملاح الكون لي هيما

حسن ملاح الكون لي هيما

وتوبتي وهبتها اللوَّما

وتوبتي وهبتها اللوَّما

The beauty of creation’s fair ones has driven me mad with love,

The beauty of existence charmed me, bewildered,

And I have bestowed my repentance on the reproachers.

And my repentance, I gave it to the blamer,

فرحت مُغرىً في الهوى مغرما

فرحت مُغرىً في الهوى مغرما

وفاز بالتوبة قوم وما

وفاز بالتوبة قوم وما

So I went on, beguiled by passion, deeply enamored.

I rejoiced, passionately in love with passion,

And some people triumphed through repentance, but no one

And a people won repentance yet I did not

تاب من التوبة إلا أنا

تاب من التوبة إلا أنا

Repented of repentance except me.

Repent of repentance except me.