يا رُبَّ يَومِ سُرورِ

بِالمَهدِ زارَ قَصيرِ

O Lord, on day of joy

He briefly visited the cradle

لَو بِعتُهُ بِسِنينٍ

وَأَعمُرٍ وَدُهورِ

If I could sell it for years

And lifetimes and eras

وَكُلُّها في نَعيمٍ

ما كُنتُ بِالمَغدورِ

And all of them in bliss

I would not be cheated

بَكِّر عَلَيَّ بِكَأسٍ

فَالعَيشُ بِالتَبكيرِ

Bring me a cup early

For living is in waking early

أَما تَرى النَجمَ وَلّى

وَهَمَّ بِالتَغويرِ

Don't you see the star has turned away

And intended to set

اليَومَ قَصفٌ وَبَسطٌ

فَسَقِّني بِالكَبيرِ

Today is casting and spreading

So pour me a full cup

مِن كَفِّ ظَبيٍ مَليحٍ

ساجي الجُفوني غَريرِ

From the palm of a beautiful young man

Whose eyelids are doe-eyed and flirtatious

يَزهو بِوَردَةِ خَدٍّ

قَد خُدَّشَت بِعَبيرِ

He blooms with a rose on his cheek

That has been scratched by fragrance

وَشَعرُهُ مِن ظَلامٍ

وَوَجهُهُ مِن نورِ

And his hair is of darkness

And his face of light

يُزَوَّرُ اللَحظَ في العَي

نِ وَالحَوى في الضَميرِ

Eyes are adorned in looking

And the self in remembering