قٌمْ يا غُلامُ إِلى المُدامِ

قٌمْ يا غُلامُ إِلى المُدامِ

قُمْ دَاوِني مِنْها بِجَامِ

قُمْ دَاوِني مِنْها بِجَامِ

Rise, lad, and turn to the wine.

Rise, O youth, to the wine,

Rise; heal me with a goblet of it.

Rise and pour me a cup,

فَالصُّبْحُ يَنْتَهِبُ الدُّجى

فَالصُّبْحُ يَنْتَهِبُ الدُّجى

وَالبَدْرُ يَضْحَكُ في الظَّلامِ

وَالبَدْرُ يَضْحَكُ في الظَّلامِ

For dawn is plundering the darkness,

For the dawn steals away the gloom

And the full moon laughs in the dark.

And the moon smiles in the darkness.

قُمْ فَاسْقِني بَرْقَ الثُّغُو

قُمْ فَاسْقِني بَرْقَ الثُّغُو

رِ فَقَدْ مَضى بَرْقُ الغَمامِ

رِ فَقَدْ مَضى بَرْقُ الغَمامِ

Rise, then give me the gleam of

Rise and give me the sparkling red wine,

Teeth to drink, for the clouds’ lightning has passed.

For the flash of clouds has passed.

بادِرْ إِلَى شُرْبِ الحُمَيَّا

بادِرْ إِلَى شُرْبِ الحُمَيَّا

قَبْلَ بادِرَةِ الحِمَامِ

قَبْلَ بادِرَةِ الحِمَامِ

Hasten to drink the potent wine

Hurry to drink the fermented brew,

Before death’s sudden onset.

Before the arrival of the doves.

وَتَغَنَّمِ الغَفَلاتِ مِنْ

وَتَغَنَّمِ الغَفَلاتِ مِنْ

دَهْرٍ يَجُورُ عَلى الكِرَامِ

دَهْرٍ يَجُورُ عَلى الكِرَامِ

And seize the unguarded moments of

And seize the moments of unawareness

Time, which wrongs the noble.

From a time that wrongs the generous.