فجرُ المعارف في شرق الهدى وَضَحَا

بَسملْ بِكاسكَ هذا اليْوم مُفْتَتِحَا

The dawn of knowledge shone in the East of guidance

With your cup today, the opening is inaugurated

يوم تَنزه عن أيام عادتناَ

وعن أصيل فما تُلفِيه غير ضُحى

A day free from our usual days

And from the original, so you will not find it except at dawn

إِن كنت تُنصفه فاخلع عِذَاركَ في

زَمانِه الفرد لا تَنْفَكُّ مُصْطبِحاَ

If you are fair to it, take off your excuse in

Its singular time, you will not cease being early rising

واشرب وزَمْزِمْ ولا تُلوِي على أحد

ولا تُعرِّجْ على من ذاق ثُمَّ صَحا

Drink and Zamzam and do not wrong anyone

Nor deviate to one who has tasted then became sober

وَبع ثِيَابك في جِرياله شَغفاَ

واجْعَل نديمكَ من أفكارك القدحاَ

Sell your clothes passionately in its alleys

And make your drinking companion be your own thoughts

فان تجوهرت فاشطح فالسكون هنا

لاينبغي إِنما السكران من شطحا

So if you become refined, then ramble, for tranquility here

Is not proper, but rather the intoxicated one from rambling

يا حبذا كل من أبدي مواجدَهُ

وَلمْ يعربد وقال الحقَّ وافتضحَا

O excellent is everyone who has shown his talents

And did not talk nonsense and spoke the truth and was candid

ومالَ للصَّحوِ بعدَ المحو واتحدَت

أخبارهُ وغدا للشفع مُطَّرِحا

And inclined to sobriety after oblivion and his

News was united and he became laying down to intercede the next morning

وقُلْ لمن جدَّ في نصحي فَديتُكَ لا

تَنْصحْ فقد عُدْتُ لا أُصغيِ لمن نَصَحا

And say to whoever was serious in advising me, I ransom you, do not

Advise, for I have become not listening to one who gave advice