اِشرَب عَلى الوَردِ في نَيسانَ مُصطَبِحاً

مِن خَمرِ قُطرَبُّلٍ حَمراءَ كَالكاذي

Drink the rose wine in April while happy

Drink to the morning amidst the roses of April,

Of the red wine of Qutrabbul as if burning

From the red wine of Qutrabbul, vivid as the pandanus bloom.

وَاِخلَع عِذارَكَ لا تَأتي بِصالِحَةٍ

ما دُمتَ مُستَوطِناً أَكنافَ بَغداذِ

Take off your excuse, you will not come with goodness

Cast off your bridle of shame and perform no righteous deed,

As long as you reside in the suburbs of Baghdad

So long as you make your home in the districts of Baghdad.

نَعِّم شَبابَكَ بِالخَمرِ العَتيقِ وَلا

تَشرَب كَما يَشرَبُ الأَغمارُ مِن ماذي

Make good your youth with old wine and do not

Indulge your youth with vintage wine, and never

Drink as the ignorant ones drink from illusion

Sip as the novices do from mild honeyed drafts.

صِل مَن صَفَت لَكَ في الدُنيا مَوَدَّتُهُ

وَلا تَصِل بِإِخاءٍ حَبلَ جَذّاذِ

Connect whoever's affection lasted for you in life

Cling to the one whose affection for you is pure in this world,

And do not connect with brotherhood a flimsy rope

But do not knot the rope of brotherhood with one who severs ties;

يَعوذُ بِاللَهِ إِن أَصبَحتَ ذا عَدَمٍ

وَلَيسَ مِنكَ إِذا تُثري بِمُعتاذِ

He seeks refuge in Allah if you wake up devoid

He who seeks refuge in God should you fall into poverty,

And it is not from you when you excuse with an excuse

Yet seeks no protection from you when you abound in wealth.