إن غَابَ صَفوُ العَيشِ عَنَّا بُرهَةً

لا بُدَّ صَفوُ العَيشِ يَوماً يَرجِعُ

If joy in life is absent for a while,

Joy in life will surely return one day.

وَتمَنَّ أيَامَ السُّرورِ بِعَوَدةٍ

فمِنَ السُّرُورِ رَجَاؤنَا لا يُقطَعُ

And we wish for the days of happiness to return

For our hope for joy does not get severed.

حَتَّى كَأنَّا لَم نَذُق لِكَآبَةٍ

طَعماً وَلم تَكُ مُهجَةٌ تَتَقَطَّعُ

It's as if we've never tasted depression

Or a heartbreaking grief.

لا قَلبَنَا مُتَوجِّعٌ لا بَالَنا

مُتَصَدِّعٌ لا زَفرَةً تَتَرَجَّعُ

Neither our hearts aching, nor our minds

Shattered, nor sighs repeating.

ويَعُود مُحتَسِبي العَزِيزُ لِحَالِهِ

بِنَشَاطِه وَهَنَائِه يَتَمَتَّعُ

And the dear esteemed one returns to himself

With his vigor and delight enjoying himself.

وَيُلُوحُ بَدرُ التَّمِّ بَعدَ سِرَارِهِ

وَبِه نَدُورُ كَأَنجُمٍ تَتَلَمَّعُ

And the full moon of perfection shines after being concealed

And around it we revolve like twinkling stars.