بادِر صَبوحَكَ وَاِنعَم أَيُّها الرَجُلُ

وَاِعصِ الَّذينَ بِجَهلٍ في الهَوى عَذَلوا

Seize your morn, rejoice my friend, and shun

Hasten to your morning draught and revel in delight, O man,

Those who in passion have transgressed and sinned.

And disobey those who, in ignorance, rebuke you for your passion.

وَاِخلَع عِذارَكَ أَضحِك كُلَّ ذي طَرَبٍ

وَاِعدِل بِنَفسِكَ فيهِم أَينَما عَدَلوا

Cast off your censure, make each troubled soul smile,

Cast off your restraint and bring laughter to every mirthful soul,

Meet them with grace, wherever they have strayed.

And incline yourself among them, turning wherever they turn.

نالَ السُرورَ وَخَفضَ العَيشِ في دَعَةٍ

وَفازَ بِالطَيِّباتِ الماجِنُ الهَزِلُ

Good cheer and plain living the wry joke has won,

He attains true joy and the ease of a life in comfort,

And wholesome pleasures the lighthearted gained.

And wins the choicest pleasures—the libertine, the jester.

سُقياً لِمَجلِسِ فِتيانٍ أُنادِمُهُم

ما في أَديمِهِمُ وَهيٌ وَلا خَلَلُ

At hand to pour the wine for bright young friends,

A blessing on a circle of youths with whom I share the cup,

No flaw or fault in them, their circle unbroken.

In whose character there lies no weakness and no flaw.

هَذا لِذاكَ كَما هَذا وَذاكَ لِذا

فَالشَملُ مُنتَظِمٌ وَالحَبلُ مُتَّصِلُ

This one for that, as that one is for this,

This one is for that one, just as that one is for this,

Their band connected, their rope tightly braided.

Thus the gathering is whole, and the bond is tightly joined.

أَكرِم بِهِم وَبِنَغمٍ مِن مُغَنِّيَةٍ

فَفي الغِناءِ بِنَغمٍ يُضرَبُ المَثَلُ

Show them honor, and with a songstress' voice

How noble they are, accompanied by a songstress’s melody,

Let song set the standard, the pattern for all.

For in her song and tune, the proverb of beauty is struck.

هَيفاءُ تُسمِعُنا وَالعودُ يُطرِبُنا

وَدِّع هُرَيرَةَ إِنَّ الرَكبَ مُرتَحِلُ

Hayfa's song fills our ears, the lute makes us drunk,

A slender beauty sings to us, while the lute enchants us,

Farewell to worry, the caravan's moving on.

Chanting: "Bid Hurayrah farewell, for the caravan departs."