لا يَكُن لِلكَأسِ في كَف
فَيكَ يَومَ الغَيمِ لَبثُ
The cup in the hand holds no rain
on a day of cloud and gloom.
أَوَما تَعلَمُ أَنَّ ال
غَيمَ ساقٍ مُسَتَحَثُّ
Have you not learned that the rain
is pushed onward, forced to roam?
لا يَكُن لِلكَأسِ في كَف
فَيكَ يَومَ الغَيمِ لَبثُ
The cup in the hand holds no rain
on a day of cloud and gloom.
أَوَما تَعلَمُ أَنَّ ال
غَيمَ ساقٍ مُسَتَحَثُّ
Have you not learned that the rain
is pushed onward, forced to roam?