أَما تَرى اليَومَ ما أَحلى شَمائِلَهُ

أَما تَرى اليَومَ ما أَحلى شَمائِلَهُ

صَحوٌ وَغَيمٌ وَإِبراقٌ وَإِرعادُ

صَحوٌ وَغَيمٌ وَإِبراقٌ وَإِرعادُ

Do you not see the day—how lovely its qualities are—

Do you not see how lovely this day's qualities are?

clear sky and cloud, lightning and thunder?

Clear skies and clouds, lightning and thunder.

كَأَنَّهُ أَنتَ يا مَن لا شَبيهَ لَهُ

كَأَنَّهُ أَنتَ يا مَن لا شَبيهَ لَهُ

وَصلٌ وَبَحرٌ وَتَقريبٌ وَإِبعادُ

وَصلٌ وَبَحرٌ وَتَقريبٌ وَإِبعادُ

As though it were you, O you who have no equal:

It is as though it were you, O one who has no equal:

union and estrangement, drawing near and driving away.

Union and a sea, bringing close and sending away.

فَباكِرِ الراحَ وَاِشرَبها مُعَتَّقَةً

فَباكِرِ الراحَ وَاِشرَبها مُعَتَّقَةً

لَم يَدَّخِر مِثلَها كِسرى وَلا عادُ

لَم يَدَّخِر مِثلَها كِسرى وَلا عادُ

So seek the wine at dawn and drink it well-aged—

So take wine early in the morning, and drink it well-aged—

the like of it neither Khosrow nor ʿĀd ever stored away.

Neither Kisra nor ʿAd ever stored up its like.

وَاِشرَب عَلى الرَوضِ إِذ وَشّى زَخارَفَهُ

وَاِشرَب عَلى الرَوضِ إِذ وَشّى زَخارَفَهُ

زَهرٌ وَنَورٌ وَتَوراقٌ وَتَورادُ

زَهرٌ وَنَورٌ وَتَوراقٌ وَتَورادُ

And drink amid the garden, when its ornaments are embroidered

And drink beside the garden, as its adornments are embroidered with

with flowers and blossoms, with leafing and rose-bloom.

Flowers and blossoms, fresh foliage and blooming roses.

كَأَنَّما يَومُنا فِعلُ الحَبيبِ بِنا

كَأَنَّما يَومُنا فِعلُ الحَبيبِ بِنا

بَذلٌ وَبُخلٌ وَإِيعادٌ وَميعادُ

بَذلٌ وَبُخلٌ وَإِيعادٌ وَميعادُ

Our day seems like the beloved’s way with us:

Our day is like the beloved's treatment of us:

giving and withholding, a threat and a promised meeting.

Generosity and stinginess, threats and promises.

وَلَيسَ يَذهَبُ عَنّي كُلُّ فِعلِكُمُ

وَلَيسَ يَذهَبُ عَنّي كُلُّ فِعلِكُمُ

غَيٌّ وَرُشدٌ وَإَصلاحٌ وَإِفسادُ

غَيٌّ وَرُشدٌ وَإَصلاحٌ وَإِفسادُ

And is not my eye adorned by every deed of yours—

And all your deeds remain with me:

waywardness and guidance, mending and marring?

Error and right guidance, mending and spoiling.