هيَ الدنيا وزينتُها الشَّبابُ

هيَ الدنيا وزينتُها الشَّبابُ

وفي اللذَّاتِ بعدَهما ارتيابُ

وفي اللذَّاتِ بعدَهما ارتيابُ

This is the world, and youth is its adornment;

It is the life and its adornment is youth

And after those two, pleasures are in doubt.

And after them both, there is doubt in pleasures

فلا تذهَبْ بك الأطماعُ واذهِبْ

فلا تذهَبْ بك الأطماعُ واذهِبْ

كؤوسكَ لي فقد حانَ الذَّهابُ

كؤوسكَ لي فقد حانَ الذَّهابُ

So let not ambitions carry you away, and gild

So do not let ambitions take you away and leave

Your cups for me, for the time to depart has come.

Your cups for me for the time of departure has come

نَزَلْنا منزِلاً من سُرَّمَرَّي

نَزَلْنا منزِلاً من سُرَّمَرَّي

به اللذّاتُ صافيةٌ عِذابُ

به اللذّاتُ صافيةٌ عِذابُ

We lodged at a dwelling in Surra Marra,

We stayed in a place of pleasure

Where pleasures are pure and sweet:

Where pure delights are suffering

حديثٌ كابتسامِ الرَّوْضِ جادَتْ

حديثٌ كابتسامِ الرَّوْضِ جادَتْ

عليه بفيضِ أدْمُعِها السَّحابُ

عليه بفيضِ أدْمُعِها السَّحابُ

Conversation like the smile of a garden, showered

A talk smiled like a meadow

By clouds with a flood of their tears;

Upon which the clouds rained their tears

وأقداحٌ تَفُوتُ المِسكَ طيباً

وأقداحٌ تَفُوتُ المِسكَ طيباً

ويَكمَدُ عندَها الذَّهَبُ المُذابُ

ويَكمَدُ عندَها الذَّهَبُ المُذابُ

And cups that surpass musk in fragrance,

And cups that perfume exceeds musk

And beside them molten gold grows dull.

And next to them, melted gold cools down

إذا ما الرَّاحُ والأُترُجُّ لاحا

إذا ما الرَّاحُ والأُترُجُّ لاحا

لعينِك قلتَ أيُّهما الشَّرابُ

لعينِك قلتَ أيُّهما الشَّرابُ

When the wine and citron both gleam

When the basil and meadowsail appeared

Before your eyes, you say, 'Which of the two is the drink?'

To your eye, you say, which of them is the drink?