يَومُنا يومٌ مَطيرُ

يَومُنا يومٌ مَطيرُ

ولذَاذاتٌ حضورُ

ولذَاذاتٌ حضورُ

Our day is a rainy day,

Our day is a rainy day,

and pleasures are at hand.

and delights are at hand.

فَاسقِني البِكرَ الَّتي في

فَاسقِني البِكرَ الَّتي في

حِجْرِهَا دَبَّ السُّرورُ

حِجْرِهَا دَبَّ السُّرورُ

So pour me the virgin wine in

So pour me the virgin wine, in whose

whose lap joy has crept.

bosom joy has crept.

ما تَرى طالِعَها في

ما تَرى طالِعَها في

فَلَكِ البَدْرِ يَدورُ

فَلَكِ البَدْرِ يَدورُ

Do you not see her rising star

Do you not see her rising star in

revolving in the full moon’s sphere?

the full moon's sphere, revolving?

نَبِّهِ العُودَ بِضَرْبِ النَّا

نَبِّهِ العُودَ بِضَرْبِ النَّا

يِ فالنَّوْمُ غُرُورُ

يِ فالنَّوْمُ غُرُورُ

Wake the lute with the playing of the

Rouse the lute by playing the reed-

flute—for sleep is a delusion.

flute, for sleep is a delusion.

طالما نَبَّه لذَّا

طالما نَبَّه لذَّا

تي بهِ بَمٌّ وزِيرُ

تي بهِ بَمٌّ وزِيرُ

How often it has stirred delights

How often my delights have been awakened

in me, with bass string and treble.

by its bass and treble strings,

مِنْ فَتاةٍ يُجْتَنى مِنْ

مِنْ فَتاةٍ يُجْتَنى مِنْ

وَجهِها البدرُ المُنيرُ

وَجهِها البدرُ المُنيرُ

From a maiden there may be gathered, from

played by a maiden, from whose

her face, the radiant full moon.

face the radiant full moon is plucked.

لا تُضِعْ يا صاحِ لذَّا

لا تُضِعْ يا صاحِ لذَّا

تِكَ فالعُمْرُ قَصيرُ

تِكَ فالعُمْرُ قَصيرُ

Do not squander, friend, the pleasures

Do not squander, O friend, the delights

that are yours—for life is short.

that are yours, for life is short.

نَلْ من اللَّذاتِ ما تَب

نَلْ من اللَّذاتِ ما تَب

غِيهِ وَاللَهُ غَفورُ

غِيهِ وَاللَهُ غَفورُ

Take of pleasures whatever you

Take of pleasures whatever you

desire—and God is forgiving.

seek, and God is forgiving.