قومي اِصبَحِينا فَما صيغُ الفَتى حَجَراً

قومي اِصبَحِينا فَما صيغُ الفَتى حَجَراً

لَكِن رَهينَةَ أَجداثٍ وَأَرماسِ

لَكِن رَهينَةَ أَجداثٍ وَأَرماسِ

Rise, give us our morning drink, for a young man was not fashioned of stone,

Rise, let us depart, though the gallant youth is turned to stone,

But is a hostage to graves and tombs.

Yet he remains a captive of events and spears.

قومي اِصبَحينا فَإِنَّ الدَهرَ ذو غِيَرٍ

قومي اِصبَحينا فَإِنَّ الدَهرَ ذو غِيَرٍ

أَفنى لُقَيماً وَأَفنى آلَ هُرماسِ

أَفنى لُقَيماً وَأَفنى آلَ هُرماسِ

Rise, give us our morning drink, for time is full of reversals;

Rise, let us depart, for time is ever-changing,

It destroyed Luqaym and destroyed the house of Hurmas.

It destroyed the stout Lukaym and the tribe of Hirmas.

اليَومَ هَمٌّ وَيَبدو في غَدٍ خَبَرٌ

اليَومَ هَمٌّ وَيَبدو في غَدٍ خَبَرٌ

وَالدَهرُ ما بَينَ إِنعامٍ وَإِبآسِ

وَالدَهرُ ما بَينَ إِنعامٍ وَإِبآسِ

Today brings worry, and tomorrow news will appear;

Today there is care, though tomorrow brings news,

And time lies between bounty and affliction.

For time gives now bounty, and now despair.

فَاِشرَب عَلى حَدَثانِ الدَهرِ مُرتَفِقاً

فَاِشرَب عَلى حَدَثانِ الدَهرِ مُرتَفِقاً

لا يَصحَبُ الهَمُّ قَرعَ السِنِّ بِالكاسِ

لا يَصحَبُ الهَمُّ قَرعَ السِنِّ بِالكاسِ

So drink despite time's vicissitudes, reclining on your elbow;

Drink then, keeping pace with the turns of time,

Worry does not accompany the tooth's clink against the cup.

For grief accompanies not the cup's loud clink.