إِنَّما العَيشُ في مُنادَمَةِ الإِخ

إِنَّما العَيشُ في مُنادَمَةِ الإِخ

وانِ لا في الجُلوسِ عِندَ الكَعابِ

وانِ لا في الجُلوسِ عِندَ الكَعابِ

Life lies only in drinking with brothers,

Life's pleasure lies in intimate companions,

not in sitting beside a full-breasted maiden;

Not in squatting with the heavy-drinking crew.

وَبِصَرفٍ كَأَنَّها أَلسُنُ البَر

وَبِصَرفٍ كَأَنَّها أَلسُنُ البَر

قِ إِذا اِستَعرَضَت رَقيقَ السَحابِ

قِ إِذا اِستَعرَضَت رَقيقَ السَحابِ

and in unmixed wine, like tongues of lightning

On parting days, bright clouds themselves would weep

as they sweep across the thin clouds.

To see the like of us fade from their view.

إِن تَكونوا تَرَكتُمُ لَذَّةِ العَي

إِن تَكونوا تَرَكتُمُ لَذَّةِ العَي

شِ حِذارَ العِقابِ يَومَ العِقابِ

شِ حِذارَ العِقابِ يَومَ العِقابِ

If you have forsaken the pleasure of living,

Leave me to what gives joy and my desire

for fear of punishment on the Day of Punishment,

Lest punishment should come on the Day dire.

فَدَعوني وَما أَلَذُّ وَأَهوى

فَدَعوني وَما أَلَذُّ وَأَهوى

وَاِدفَعوا بي في نَحرِ يَومِ الحِسابِ

وَاِدفَعوا بي في نَحرِ يَومِ الحِسابِ

then leave me to what I delight in and love,

So let me be - to what most joy I hold,

and thrust me into the face of the Day of Reckoning.

And on Judgement Day cast me in that molten gold.