خل هذا وبادر الدهر وارحل

خل هذا وبادر الدهر وارحل

في رياض الربى مطي العقار

في رياض الربى مطي العقار

Leave this; race against time, and saddle

Leave this and seize the day and depart

Leave this behind, outpace the fleeting age, and set forth

the steeds of wine amid the gardens of the hills.

To the meadows of youth, riding the stallion

Riding the mount of wine across the blooming hills,

وأحدها بالبديع من نغمات ال

وأحدها بالبديع من نغمات ال

عود كيما تحت بالمزمار

عود كيما تحت بالمزمار

And urge them onward with exquisite strains of the

And make music with the lute, singing melodies

And urge it onward with exquisite melodies of the

lute, so they may be spurred on by the pipe.

As if with the flute, enchanting tunes

Lute, that it may be stirred by the sounds of the flute,

أن خيراً من الوقوف على الدا

أن خيراً من الوقوف على الدا

ر وقوف البنان بالأوتار

ر وقوف البنان بالأوتار

For better than standing beside the dwell-

For it is better than standing at the abode

For surely better than pausing at ruined abodes

ing is resting the fingertips upon the strings.

To stand like a young man with a lute

Is the pausing of fingertips upon the musical strings.

وبدا النرجس البديع كصب

وبدا النرجس البديع كصب

حائر الطرف مائلاً كالمدار

حائر الطرف مائلاً كالمدار

And the exquisite narcissus appeared like a lovesick lover,

The beautiful narcissus appeared like the morning

And the wondrous narcissus appeared like an ardent lover,

bewildered in gaze, leaning like one spun around.

Confused in its beauty, leaning like a circle

Bewildered of glance, swaying like one intoxicated,

لونه لون عاشق مستهامٍ

لونه لون عاشق مستهامٍ

وهو لاشك هائم بالبهار

وهو لاشك هائم بالبهار

Its color is that of a lover crazed with love,

Its color is that of a passionate lover

Its pale hue is the color of a love-struck paramour,

and it is doubtless enamored of the bahār flower.

Undoubtedly deeply in love with spring

Who is, beyond doubt, hopelessly enamored of the spring blossoms.