خُذواtake منَfrom العَيشِlife فَالأَعمارُfor lifetimes فاتِيَةٌfleeting
خُذوا منَ العَيشِ فَالأَعمارُ فاتِيَةٌ
وَالدَهرُand time مُنصَرِفٌpassing away وَالعَيشُand life مُنقَرِضُcoming to an end
وَالدَهرُ مُنصَرِفٌ وَالعَيشُ مُنقَرِضُ
Take your share of life, for lifetimes are fleeting;
Take from life as life spans swiftly pass
And time passes away, and life comes to an end.
Time turns as life’s joys fade and will not last
فيin حامِلِthe bearer of الكَأسِthe cup مِنin place of بَدرِthe full moon of الدُجىthe night's darkness خَلَفُa successor
في حامِلِ الكَأسِ مِن بَدرِ الدُجى خَلَفُ
وَفيand in المُدامَةِthe wine مِنin place of شَمسِthe sun of الضُحىmidmorning عِوَضُa substitute
وَفي المُدامَةِ مِن شَمسِ الضُحى عِوَضُ
In the cupbearer is a successor to the full moon of night,
In the wine-bearer’s cup as night gives way
And in the wine, a substitute for the midmorning sun.
Lies recompense for the light of morning’s day
كَأَنَّas though نَجمَthe star of الثُرَيّاthe Pleiades كَفُّthe hand of ذيone endowed with كَرَمٍgenerosity
كَأَنَّ نَجمَ الثُرَيّا كَفُّ ذي كَرَمٍ
مَبسوطَةٌoutstretched لِلعَطاياfor gifts لَيسَnot تَنقَبِضُit closes
مَبسوطَةٌ لِلعَطايا لَيسَ تَنقَبِضُ
It is as though the star of the Pleiades were a generous man's hand,
Like the Pleiades, the generous man’s palm
Outstretched to bestow gifts, never closing.
Stays open, giving, it does not withdraw
Sol 6.1