أَدِرْهَا قَبْلَ تَغْرِيدِ الْحَمَامَهْ

أَدِرْهَا قَبْلَ تَغْرِيدِ الْحَمَامَهْ

فَمَا يَنْفِي الْهُمُومَ سِوَى الْمُدَامَهْ

فَمَا يَنْفِي الْهُمُومَ سِوَى الْمُدَامَهْ

Pass it round before the dove begins to coo,

Drink before the cooing of the dove

for nothing dispels cares but wine.

For nothing dispels cares like wine

مُعَتَّقَةً إِذَا سَلَكَتْ ضَمِيراً

مُعَتَّقَةً إِذَا سَلَكَتْ ضَمِيراً

مَحَتْ عَنْهُ الْكَلالَةَ وَالسَّآمَهْ

مَحَتْ عَنْهُ الْكَلالَةَ وَالسَّآمَهْ

Well-aged, when it enters a heart,

When it courses a free spirit

it wipes away its weariness and ennui.

It wipes away gloom and tedium

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَتِ الْغَوَادِي

أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَتِ الْغَوَادِي

لَهَا فِي كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ عَلامَهْ

لَهَا فِي كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ عَلامَهْ

Have you not seen how the morning rains

Have you not seen how the valleys

have now left their mark in every quarter?

Bear signs in every direction?

فَكَمْ فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ مَجْرَى غَدِيرٍ

فَكَمْ فِي الأَرْضِ مِنْ مَجْرَى غَدِيرٍ

وَكَمْ فِي الْجَوِّ مِنْ مَسْرَى غَمَامَهْ

وَكَمْ فِي الْجَوِّ مِنْ مَسْرَى غَمَامَهْ

For how many a brook has its course on earth,

How much in the earth is a brook's course

and how many a cloud its path through the sky!

And how much in the sky is a cloud's track?

فَبَادِرْ صَفْوَةَ الأَيَّامِ تَغْنَمْ

فَبَادِرْ صَفْوَةَ الأَيَّامِ تَغْنَمْ

لَذَاذَتَهَا وَلا تَخْشَ الْمَلامَهْ

لَذَاذَتَهَا وَلا تَخْشَ الْمَلامَهْ

So hasten to seize the choicest days and gain

So seize the choicest of days and profit

their delight, and do not fear reproach.

By its sweetness, fear no blame

وَلا تَحْزَنْ عَلَى شَيءٍ تَوَلَّى

وَلا تَحْزَنْ عَلَى شَيءٍ تَوَلَّى

فَإِنَّ الْحُزْنَ مِقْرَاضُ السَّلامَهْ

فَإِنَّ الْحُزْنَ مِقْرَاضُ السَّلامَهْ

And do not grieve over anything that has passed,

And grieve not over what is past

for sorrow is the shears of well-being.

For grief but mars tranquility