عِش مَدى الدَهرِ ظافِراً بِالأَماني

يا جَمالَ الورى وَنُورَ الزَمانِ

Live your life victoriously attaining your wishes,

O beauty of the world and light of the age!

وَاصطَبِح مِن سُلافَةٍ كَسَنا الشَم

سِ وَلَكِن حُبابُها كَالجُمانِ

Awaken refreshed like the radiant morning sun,

Though it gladdens with its rays like pearls.

سَرَّها أَنَّها تَسُرُّكَ بِالنَش

وَةِ حَتّى تَبَسَّمَت في القَناني

It pleased her to please you with the drink

Until she smiled in the goblets.

يا خَلِيلَيَّ سَقِّيانِي مِن الرا

حِ الحُمِيّا نَظِيرَ ما تَشرَبانِ

My friend, serve me the gentle wine

Like what you two are drinking.

وَاترُكاني عَديمَ لُبٍّ مِنَ الكَأ

سِ وَبِيتا مِنها كَما تَترُكاني

And leave me devoid of reason from the meadows

And spend the night there as you two leave me.

إِنَّما نَحنُ في نَعيمٍ مِن اللَ

هِ وَمِن كُلِّ حادِثٍ في أَمانِ

We are only in God’s bliss

And safe from every misfortune.

ما غَشِينا هَذا الجَنابَ وَما عا

شَ لَنا سالِماً أَبُو العُلوانِ

This parlor did not cover us and Abu Alwan

Did not bid us farewell safely.

مَلِكٌ مِن بَني المُلوكِ نَدِيُّ ال

وَجهِ مُستَبشِرٌ نَدِيُّ البَنانِ

A king from the kings, gentle of face,

Cheerful, gentle of form.

أَحسَنَ اللَهُ خَلقَهُ ثُمَّ أَعطا

هُ مَعَ الحُسنِ كَثرَةَ الإِحسانِ

God perfected his creation then granted him

Beauty and abundant kindness.

فَهوَ فَردٌ بِلا نَظِيرٍ مِنَ النا

سِ قَرِيبُ النَدى بَعِيدُ المَداني

He is matchless among the people,

A dear neighbor, far from vices.

راحَتاهُ مُخضَرَّتانِ فَمِن خُضرَةِ

كَفَّيهِ خُضرَةُ البُستانِ

His palms blossomed so the green of his hands

Is the green of the garden.

هُوَ في نَفسِهِ جِنانٌ فَما با

لُ جِنانٍ تَنَزَّهَت في جِنانِ

He himself is a garden so what does a garden

Strolling in a garden matter?