1. أَدِر يا صاحِ كاساتِ العُقارِ

    وَخُذ في الطَيشِ وَالهُ عَنِ الوَقارِ

    Pass around, O friend, the cups of wine.

    And take to recklessness, and turn away from decorum.

  2. وَقُم مُستَنهِزاً فُرَصَ اللَيالي

    وَعَدِّ عَنِ الصِغارِ إِلى الكِبارِ

    And rise, seizing the opportunities of the nights.

    And pass from the small to the large.

  3. فَفي فَصلِ الرَبيعِ وَأَيُّ فَصلٍ

    يَلَذُّ لِذي النُهى خَلع العِذارِ

    For in the season of spring—and what a season!—

    casting off the bridle delights the discerning.

  4. فَقَد غَنَّت عَلى الباناتِ فيهِ ال

    حَمائِمُ وَالبَلابِلُ وَالقَماري

    For in that season, upon the moringa trees, sang the

    doves, the bulbuls, and the turtledoves.

  5. فَأَطفِ بِنارِ راحِكَ نارَ هَمّي

    فَإِنَّ النورَ يُطفي كُلَّ نارِ

    So quench with the fire of your wine the fire of my sorrow,

    for light extinguishes every fire.

  6. إِذا نَحنُ اِجتَنَبنا شُربَ راحٍ

    نُسَرُّ بِها بِلَيلٍ أَو نَهارِ

    If we abstain from drinking wine

    that gladdens us by night or by day,

  7. فَلَيسَ لِعَيشِنا هَذا مَهاهٌ

    وَلَيسَت دارُنا الدُنيا بِدارِ

    then this life of ours has no delight,

    and our home, this world, is no home.