امْلإِ الْقدَحْ

امْلإِ الْقدَحْ

واعْصِ مَنْ نَصَحْ

واعْصِ مَنْ نَصَحْ

Fill the cup,

and defy whoever counsels you.

وَارْوِ غُلَّتِي

وَارْوِ غُلَّتِي

بِابْنَةِ الْفَرَحْ

بِابْنَةِ الْفَرَحْ

And quench my burning thirst

with the daughter of joy.

فَالْفَتَى مَتَى

فَالْفَتَى مَتَى

ذاقَها انْشَرَحْ

ذاقَها انْشَرَحْ

For whenever a young man

tastes her, he grows glad.

وَهْيَ إِنْ سَرَتْ

وَهْيَ إِنْ سَرَتْ

فِي الْعَلِيلِ صَحْ

فِي الْعَلِيلِ صَحْ

And if she courses

through an ailing man, he recovers.

أَوْ صَبَا بِهَا

أَوْ صَبَا بِهَا

باخِلٌ سَمَحْ

باخِلٌ سَمَحْ

Or, enamored of her,

a miser turns generous.

فَاهْجُرِ الْكَرَى

فَاهْجُرِ الْكَرَى

وَاغْدُ نَصْطَبِحْ

وَاغْدُ نَصْطَبِحْ

So forsake sleep,

and come early; let us drink at dawn.

فَالدُّجَى مَضَى

فَالدُّجَى مَضَى

والسَّنَا لَمَحْ

والسَّنَا لَمَحْ

For the darkness has passed,

and the radiance has flashed,

والْحَمَامُ في

والْحَمَامُ في

أَيْكِهِ صَدَحْ

أَيْكِهِ صَدَحْ

and the doves, in

their thicket, have sung out.

فَاتْبَعِ الْهَوَى

فَاتْبَعِ الْهَوَى

حَيْثُمَا سَرَحْ

حَيْثُمَا سَرَحْ

So follow desire

wherever it roams,

وَاصْطَحِبْ بِمَنْ

وَاصْطَحِبْ بِمَنْ

يَبْعَثُ الْمَرَحْ

يَبْعَثُ الْمَرَحْ

and keep company with one

who stirs up merriment.

فِيهِ لِلْمُنَى

فِيهِ لِلْمُنَى

كُلُّ مُقْتَرَحْ

كُلُّ مُقْتَرَحْ

In him your hopes find

all they could ask for.

وَاحْذَرِ الَّذِي

وَاحْذَرِ الَّذِي

إِنْ وَعَى سَبَحْ

إِنْ وَعَى سَبَحْ

And beware of one

who, if he hears something, rambles on;

كُلَّما رَأَى

كُلَّما رَأَى

فُرْصَةً قَدَحْ

فُرْصَةً قَدَحْ

whenever he sees

an opportunity, he finds fault.

لَيْسَ مَنْ أَسَا

لَيْسَ مَنْ أَسَا

مِثْلَ مَنْ جَرَحْ

مِثْلَ مَنْ جَرَحْ

One who heals is not

like one who wounds.

أَيْنَ مَنْ رَأَى

أَيْنَ مَنْ رَأَى

فاسِداً صَلَحْ

فاسِداً صَلَحْ

Who has ever seen

a corrupt man mend his ways?

كُلُّ مَنْ وَشَى

كُلُّ مَنْ وَشَى

سَوْفَ يَفْتَضِحْ

سَوْفَ يَفْتَضِحْ

Everyone who bears tales

will be exposed.

فَاتْرُكِ الأَذَى

فَاتْرُكِ الأَذَى

فَالأَذَى تَرَحْ

فَالأَذَى تَرَحْ

So leave off doing harm,

for harm is sorrow.

وَاسْعَ لِلْعُلا

وَاسْعَ لِلْعُلا

مَنْ سَعَى نَجَحْ

مَنْ سَعَى نَجَحْ

And strive for the heights;

whoever strives succeeds.

وَارْعَ ما حَوَتْ

وَارْعَ ما حَوَتْ

هَذِهِ الْمُلَحْ

هَذِهِ الْمُلَحْ

And heed what is contained

in these witty sayings.