مَهرِج صَبوحَكَ سَعدُهُ لَم يُنحَسِ

مَهرِج صَبوحَكَ سَعدُهُ لَم يُنحَسِ

يَومٌ يَطيبُ بِهِ مَدارُ الأَكؤُسِ

يَومٌ يَطيبُ بِهِ مَدارُ الأَكؤُسِ

Celebrate Mihrajan with your morning draught—its good fortune is unblighted;

The morning of your youth's joy has been blessed,

A day on which the circling of cups is sweet.

A day on which the cups' orbit is delightful,

وَاِشرَب عُقارَكَ مُصبِحاً هُنِّئتَها

وَاِشرَب عُقارَكَ مُصبِحاً هُنِّئتَها

بِالرَطلِ صِرفاً وَادعُ لي بِمُشَمَّسِ

بِالرَطلِ صِرفاً وَادعُ لي بِمُشَمَّسِ

And drink your wine at dawn—may you enjoy it—

So drink your potion cheerfully congratulating it

By the ratl, unmixed, and call for sun-mellowed wine for me.

With relish and invoke upon me one sun-drenched.

لا تُؤذِيَنّي وَاسقِني ما أَبتَغي

لا تُؤذِيَنّي وَاسقِني ما أَبتَغي

فِعلَ اِمرِئٍ طَلقٍ كَريمِ المَعطَسِ

فِعلَ اِمرِئٍ طَلقٍ كَريمِ المَعطَسِ

Do not vex me; pour me what I seek,

Do not hurt me but give me what I seek,

As would a cheerful man of noble nose.

The deed of a poised and generous free-spender,

هَذي الرِياضُ بَدا لِطَرفِكَ نَورُها

هَذي الرِياضُ بَدا لِطَرفِكَ نَورُها

فَأَرَتكَ أَحسَنَ مِن رِياطِ السُندُسِ

فَأَرَتكَ أَحسَنَ مِن رِياطِ السُندُسِ

These gardens have revealed their blossoms to your gaze,

These gardens appeared to your sight radiant,

And shown you something lovelier than robes of fine silk.

Showing you finer than gardens of silk,

يَنشُرنَ وَشياً مُذهَباً وَمُدَبَّجاً

يَنشُرنَ وَشياً مُذهَباً وَمُدَبَّجاً

وَمَطارِفاً نُسِجَت لِغَيرِ المَلبَسِ

وَمَطارِفاً نُسِجَت لِغَيرِ المَلبَسِ

They spread embroidered cloth, gilded and richly patterned,

Unfurling brocade embroidered gold fabrics,

And mantles woven for something other than wearing.

And striped woven canopies not for wearing,

وَأَرَتكَ كافوراً وَتِبراً مُشرِقاً

وَأَرَتكَ كافوراً وَتِبراً مُشرِقاً

في قائِمِ مِثلِ الزُمُرُّدِ أَملَسِ

في قائِمِ مِثلِ الزُمُرُّدِ أَملَسِ

And show you camphor and gleaming gold dust,

And showed you camphor and bright ambergris

On a smooth, upright stalk like emerald,

In a stand like flawless emerald,

مُتَمايِلَ الأَعناقِ في حَرَكاتِهِ

مُتَمايِلَ الأَعناقِ في حَرَكاتِهِ

كَسَلَ النَعيمِ وَفَترَةَ المُتَنَفِّسِ

كَسَلَ النَعيمِ وَفَترَةَ المُتَنَفِّسِ

Swaying its necks as it moves,

Swaying necks in its motions,

With the languor of ease and the pause of one drawing breath,

Like the languor of bliss and a breathing space,

مُتَحَلِّياً مِن كُلِّ حُسنٍ مونِقٍ

مُتَحَلِّياً مِن كُلِّ حُسنٍ مونِقٍ

مُتَنَفِّساً بِالمِسكِ أَيَّ تَنَفُّسِ

مُتَنَفِّساً بِالمِسكِ أَيَّ تَنَفُّسِ

Adorned with every kind of enchanting beauty,

Adorned with every charming elegance,

Breathing out musk—what a breath!

Breathed in musk - what a breath!

نَصباً لِعَينِكَ صاحِباً أَكرِم بِهِ

نَصباً لِعَينِكَ صاحِباً أَكرِم بِهِ

مِن صاحِبٍ وَمُنادِمٍ في المَجلِسِ

مِن صاحِبٍ وَمُنادِمٍ في المَجلِسِ

Set before your eye as a companion—how noble it is,

Raised for your eyes a companion to honor him

As a companion and drinking partner in the gathering!

Over a companion and session-friend at the assembly,

فَإِذا طَرِبتَ إِلى العُيونِ وَغُنجِها

فَإِذا طَرِبتَ إِلى العُيونِ وَغُنجِها

فَأَجِل لِحاظَكَ في عُيونِ النَرجِسِ

فَأَجِل لِحاظَكَ في عُيونِ النَرجِسِ

Then, if you yearn for eyes and their coy allure,

So when you crave eyes and their flirtation,

Let your glances roam among the eyes of narcissus.

Lower your gaze to narcissus eyes,

تُجديكَ كُلُّ طَريفَةٍ وَمَليحَةٍ

تُجديكَ كُلُّ طَريفَةٍ وَمَليحَةٍ

حُسناً وَأَمتَعَ ما تَرى لِلأَنفُسِ

حُسناً وَأَمتَعَ ما تَرى لِلأَنفُسِ

Every rare and lovely bloom gives you

Every dainty and beauty will please you

Beauty, and the most soul-delighting sight you see.

In beauty and most delightful for souls to see,

لِلمَهرَجانِ بَشاشَةٌ فَالهَج بِهِ

لِلمَهرَجانِ بَشاشَةٌ فَالهَج بِهِ

وَدَعِ التَشاغُلَ بِالهُمومِ الهُجَّسِ

وَدَعِ التَشاغُلَ بِالهُمومِ الهُجَّسِ

Mihrajan has a cheerful radiance; so revel in it,

For the festival cheerfulness, so revel in it,

And leave off preoccupation with haunting cares.

And leave off busying with gloomy sorrows,

لَيسَ الزَمانُ عَلَيكَ أَنحى دونَنا

لَيسَ الزَمانُ عَلَيكَ أَنحى دونَنا

فَأَنالَنا وَكَساكَ حُلَّةَ مُفلِسِ

فَأَنالَنا وَكَساكَ حُلَّةَ مُفلِسِ

Time has not turned on you alone, sparing us,

Time is not more angled against us than you,

Giving to us while clothing you in a pauper's robe.

Afflicting us, while clothing you in bankruptcy,

بَل كُلُّنا فيهِ سَواءٌ فَاجتَلِب

بَل كُلُّنا فيهِ سَواءٌ فَاجتَلِب

فَرَحاً يُزيلُكَ عَن مَحَلِّ البُؤَّسِ

فَرَحاً يُزيلُكَ عَن مَحَلِّ البُؤَّسِ

Rather, we are all alike in it; so seek

But we are equal in it, so attract

Joy that lifts you from the station of the wretched.

Joy to move you from the seat of misery,

هَوِّن عَلَيكَ فَما يَقومُ لِصَرفِهِ

هَوِّن عَلَيكَ فَما يَقومُ لِصَرفِهِ

إِلّا فَتىً فيهِ كَريمُ المَغرَسِ

إِلّا فَتىً فيهِ كَريمُ المَغرَسِ

Take it lightly; none can withstand its vicissitudes

Make light for yourself, for only one

Except a youth of noble roots within it.

With a generous nature can dispel it,

ساعِد وَإِن كُنتَ اِمرَأً مِن هاشِمٍ

ساعِد وَإِن كُنتَ اِمرَأً مِن هاشِمٍ

وَدَعِ التَهَشُّمَ يَومَنا وَتَفَرَّسِ

وَدَعِ التَهَشُّمَ يَومَنا وَتَفَرَّسِ

Join in, even if you are a man of Hashim's line,

Help, even if you are a man from Hashim,

And leave your Hashimite ways this day of ours, and be Persian.

And leave off on our day dejection and watching,

أَيَطيبُ مِنكَ تَكاسُلٌ عَن فِتيَةٍ

أَيَطيبُ مِنكَ تَكاسُلٌ عَن فِتيَةٍ

قَد عاقَروا الصَهباءَ جِنحَ الحِندِسِ

قَد عاقَروا الصَهباءَ جِنحَ الحِندِسِ

Does it suit you to hang back from young men

Is laziness seemly from you about youths

Who have quaffed tawny wine beneath the wing of deep darkness?

Who have courted the blond morning's wings?

بَكَروا عَلى طيبِ الصَبوحِ فَكُن فَتىً

بَكَروا عَلى طيبِ الصَبوحِ فَكُن فَتىً

باعَ الأَخَسَّ حَياتَهُ بِالأَنفُسِ

باعَ الأَخَسَّ حَياتَهُ بِالأَنفُسِ

They came early for the morning draught's delight; so be a youth

They hurried at dawn, so be a man

Who has traded the lesser—his life—for the more precious.

Who sold his cheap life for souls,

وَأمُر غَريرَكَ أَن يُكَرِّرَ كُلَّما

وَأمُر غَريرَكَ أَن يُكَرِّرَ كُلَّما

أَدهَقتَ كَأسَكَ صَوبَ صَبٍّ مُبلِسِ

أَدهَقتَ كَأسَكَ صَوبَ صَبٍّ مُبلِسِ

And bid your guileless youth repeat, whenever

And order your rash one to repeat whenever

You fill your cup to the brim, a despairing lover's outpouring:

You down your cup towards an emptied pourer,

غُضّي جُفونَكِ يا عُيونَ النَرجِسِ

غُضّي جُفونَكِ يا عُيونَ النَرجِسِ

كَي ما أَفوزَ بِقُبلَةٍ مِن مُؤنِسِ

كَي ما أَفوزَ بِقُبلَةٍ مِن مُؤنِسِ

“Lower your eyelids, O eyes of narcissus,

Lower your eyelids, narcissus eyes,

So that I may win a kiss from Mu'nis.”

Lest I win a kiss from a boon companion.