1. فَصْلُ الْمُنَى أَقْبَلْ

    يُفَرِّجُ الأَحْزَانْ

    The season of wishes has come,

    dispelling sorrows.

  2. فَانْهَضْ بِنَا وَاعْجَلْ

    لِدَوْحَةِ الْبُسْتَانْ

    So rise with us and hasten

    to the garden’s spreading tree.

  3. قُمْ فَاسْقِ يَا خَمَّارْ

    وَاتْرَعْ كُؤُوسَ الرَّاحْ

    Rise and pour, O wine-seller,

    and fill the wine cups to the brim—

  4. صَهْبَا كَلَوْنِ النَّارْ

    تُنَفِّرُ الأَتْرَاحْ

    tawny, like the color of fire,

    driving grief away.

  5. أَمَا تَرَى النُّوَّارْ

    قَدْ دَبَّجَ الأَدْوَاحْ

    Do you not see how the blossoms

    have brocaded the spreading trees?

  6. وَالطَّيْرُ قَدْ وَلْوَلْ

    فَأَطْرَبَ الأَغْصَانْ

    And the birds have cried aloud,

    and so enraptured the branches.

  7. وَالْوَرْدُ قَدْ أَخْجَلْ

    شَقَائِقَ النُّعْمَانْ

    And the rose has put to shame

    the anemones of al-Nuʿmān.

  8. وَالزَّهْرُ قَدْ نَضَّدْ

    عَمَا ئِمَ الأَ شْجَارْ

    And the flowers have arrayed

    the turbans of the trees.

  9. وَالنَّوْرُ قَدْ عَرْبَدْ

    بِخَمْرَةِ الأَنْهَارْ

    And the blossoms have caroused

    on the wine of the rivers.

  10. فَهَذَا كَالْعَسْجَدْ

    وَذَاكَ كَالْبُلاَّرْ

    So this is like gold,

    and that is like crystal:

  11. مِنْ أَصْفَرٍ مُعْتَلّْ

    وَأَبْيَضٍ فَتَّانْ

    some yellow and ailing,

    and some white and bewitching,

  12. وَأَحْمَرٍ مُخْضَلّْْ

    وَأَخْضَرٍ فَيْنَانْ

    and some red and dew-drenched,

    and some green and luxuriant.