هُوَ يَوْمُ شَكٍّ عَلِيْ

يُ وَشَرُّهُ مُذْ كَانَ يُحْذَرْ

It is a day of doubt for me

Its evil has long been feared

وَالجَوُّ حُلَّتُهُ مَمَسْ

سَكَةٌ مَمُطْرَفُهُ مُعَنْبَرْ

The air is clad in gray

A roof with drizzling eaves

وَالْمَاءُ فِضِّيُّ القَمِيْ

صِ وَطَيْلَسَانُ الأَرْضِ أَخْضَرْ

The rain is silvery white

And the earth's tongue is green

نَبْتٌ يُصَعِّدُ زَهْرَهُ

فِي الأَرْضِ قَطْرُ نَدًى تَحَدَّرْ

Growth sends up its blossoms

In the earth, drops of dew flow down

وَأَخُو الحَجَا إِنْ يَلْقَ هَ

ذَا اليَوْمَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ أَفْطَرْ

And he who sights the new moon

If he sees this day in Ramadan, has broken his fast

وَلَنَا فُضَيْلاَتٌ تَكُو

نُ لِيَوْمِنَا قُوتَاً مُقَدَّرْ

And for us there are merits

That will be our appointed provision for the day

وَمُدَامَةٌ صَفْرَاءُ أَدْ

رَكَ عُمْرَهَا كِسْرَى وَقَيْصَرْ

And a yellow wine whose age

Outlasted Chosroes and Caesar

فَانْشَطْ لَنَا نَحْتَثَّ مِنْ

كَاسَاتِنَا مَا كَانَ أَكْبَرْ

So hurry to our cellars for us

And draw out the largest casks there are

أَوْ لاَ فَإِنَّكَ جَاهِلٌ

إِنْ قُلْتَ إِنَّكَ سَوْفَ تُعْذَرْ

Or else you are an ignoramus

If you say "You will be excused."