طلابُكَ للحظوظِ من العناءِ

طلابُكَ للحظوظِ من العناءِ

فدعْها للسفاهةِ والجِباءِ

فدعْها للسفاهةِ والجِباءِ

Your pursuit of good fortune is toil;

Your students desire respite from toil

so leave it to folly and cowardice.

Leave that to the foolish and ignoble

وكِدْ دُنْياكَ ما بُقِّيتَ فيها

وكِدْ دُنْياكَ ما بُقِّيتَ فيها

بصافيةٍ أرقَّ من الهواءِ

بصافيةٍ أرقَّ من الهواءِ

And plot against your world as long as you remain in it,

And strive for your life while you remain

with a clear wine more delicate than air.

With purest spirit, finer than the air

ولا تُتْبِع حُمَيَّاً الكأس نُقْلاً

ولا تُتْبِع حُمَيَّاً الكأس نُقْلاً

سوى أعراضِ أولادِ الزناءِ

سوى أعراضِ أولادِ الزناءِ

And follow the cup’s heady heat with no tidbits,

And do not chase the cup from hand to hand

save the reputations of the sons of fornication.

Save the attributes of adulterers' sons