اشْرَبْ هَنِيّاً على وردٍ وتَوْرِيدِ

اشْرَبْ هَنِيّاً على وردٍ وتَوْرِيدِ

ولا تَبِعْ طِيبَ مَوجُودٍ بِمَفْقُودِ

ولا تَبِعْ طِيبَ مَوجُودٍ بِمَفْقُودِ

Drink with pleasure amid roses and rosy hues.

Drink joyfully, amid roses and fragrance,

And do not trade the pleasure at hand for what is absent.

And seek not a sweet odour that comes with loss.

نَحنُ الشُّهودُ وخَفْقُ العُودِ خاطِبُنَا

نَحنُ الشُّهودُ وخَفْقُ العُودِ خاطِبُنَا

نُزَوِّجُ ابنَ سَحَابٍ بِنْتَ عُنْقودِ

نُزَوِّجُ ابنَ سَحَابٍ بِنْتَ عُنْقودِ

We are the witnesses, and the lute’s strumming is our matchmaker.

We are the witnesses, the lute's stroke our suitor,

We wed the son of a cloud to the daughter of a grape cluster.

Wedding the son of a cloud to a cluster's daughter.

كَأْسٌ إذا أَبْصَرَتْ في القومِ مُحْتَشِماً

كَأْسٌ إذا أَبْصَرَتْ في القومِ مُحْتَشِماً

قال السُّرورُ له قُمْ غيرَ مَطْرودِ

قال السُّرورُ له قُمْ غيرَ مَطْرودِ

A cup—when it sees a bashful man among the company,

When the cup spies a modest one amid the throng,

Joy says to him, “Rise—you are not being driven out.”

“Arise,” joy says, “you are not to be turned away.”

أَمَا تَرَى الحُسْنَ والإِحْسانَ قَدْ جُمِعَا

أَمَا تَرَى الحُسْنَ والإِحْسانَ قَدْ جُمِعَا

فاشْرَبْ فإنّكَ في عُرْسٍ وفي عِيدِ

فاشْرَبْ فإنّكَ في عُرْسٍ وفي عِيدِ

Do you not see that beauty and goodness have been joined?

Do you not see, beauty and kindness are joined here?

So drink, for you are at a wedding and a festival.

Drink then, for you are at a feast and celebration.