لا يَكُن لِلكَأسِ في كَف

لا يَكُن لِلكَأسِ في كَف

فَيكَ يَومَ الغَيمِ لَبثُ

فَيكَ يَومَ الغَيمِ لَبثُ

Let the cup in your hands

The cup in the hand holds no rain

not linger on a cloudy day.

on a day of cloud and gloom.

أَوَما تَعلَمُ أَنَّ ال

أَوَما تَعلَمُ أَنَّ ال

غَيمَ ساقٍ مُسَتَحَثُّ

غَيمَ ساقٍ مُسَتَحَثُّ

And do you not know that the

Have you not learned that the rain

cloud is a cupbearer urged to hasten?

is pushed onward, forced to roam?