1. قَدْ أُرْخِيَتْ حُجُبُ الظَّلامْ

    فَلْتُفْتَرعْ بِكْرُ المُدامْ

    The veils of darkness have been lowered;

    So let the virgin wine be deflowered.

  2. قُمْ يا غُليِّمُ هاتِها

    رُوْحِي فداؤُكَ مِنْ غُلامْ

    Rise, little lad, bring it;

    My soul be your ransom—what a lad!

  3. صَهْباءَ سِرَّ شُوَيْدِنٍ

    مُتَماجِنٍ خَنِثِ الكَلامْ

    Tawny wine, a little gazelle's secret—

    Wanton, effeminate in speech.

  4. هذِي الرِّياضُ تَضاحَكَتْ

    لِبُكاءِ أجفانِ الغَمامْ

    These gardens have burst into laughter

    At the weeping of the clouds' eyelids.

  5. والقُضْبُ قَدْ رَقَصتْ بِها

    طَرَباً عَلى شَدْوِ الحمامْ

    And the boughs have danced within them,

    In rapture, to the song of doves.

  6. فاقْطِفْ لُبابَ لُبابِ عَي

    شِكَ واطَّرِحْ لومَ اللِّئامْ

    So pluck the very essence

    Of your life, and cast aside the blame of the base;

  7. ولْتَخْتلِسْ غَفلات ده

    رٍ لا يَحِنُّ عَلى الكِرامْ

    And steal the unguarded moments

    Of Time, which has no pity for the noble.