عِندَنا زَهرَةٌ لَها إِشراقٌ

وَنَدامى بِشَمِّها حُذّاقُ

We have a flower with radiant glow

Whose fragrance makes experts enchanted know

وَحَبابٌ عَلى كُؤوسٍ كَوَردٍ

لِلنَدى في ثِيابِهِ أَطواقُ

Dew drops on chalices like roses bloom

While veils of mist as necklaces festoon

كُلَّما ساقَها مِنَ الدَنِّ ساقُ

ظَلَّ لِلَيلٍ مِن سَناها سِباقُ

Whenever she's led away from humbleness

The night’s obscurity from her brightness flees

وَلَنا زامِرٌ يَتيهُ بِزَمرٍ

لِاِجتِماعِ الهُمومِ مِنهُ اِفتِراقُ

We have a flute that sadly blows refrain

To break our sorrows when they gather again

وَمُغَنٍّ لَهُ طِرازُ عِذارٍ

فَوقَ خَدٍّ لَهُ حَواشٍ رَقاقُ

A singer whose melodious voice is choice

Above a cheek whose dimples are so choice

كُلَّما أَرعَدَت مَثانيهِ أَضحى

لِلأَباريقِ بَينَنا إِبراقُ

Whene’er his throat loudly begins to trill

Among us glasses begin at once to spill

فَاِركَبِ الإِنخِلاعَ نَحوي فَعِندي

لِلخَلاعاتِ في السُرورِ سِباقُ

So join me in this jovial atmosphere

Where joyous hearts know no restraint or fear

ما تَرى جَوهَرَ البَنَفسَجِ يَغدو

في اِخضِرارِ الرِياضِ مِنهُ اِزرِقاقُ

You’ll never see the hyacinth so fair

As when green gardens azure blossoms wear

وَنُحورُ الغُصونِ تَجلى عَلَينا

بِعُقودِ فُصولِها الأَوراقُ

The boughs' slim necks shine gracefully in rows

Adorned with leafy necklaces that close

قالَهُ فَالعَيشُ مِن عُداةِ التَواني

مِثلَ البَدرِ مِن عُداةِ المِحاقُ

Thus spoke the sage, life without tedium lives

Like the full moon sans any trace that hides