لِلْمَهْرَجَانِ عَلَيْكَ حَقُّ سَنَّهُ

أبَاؤُكَ الْمُتَقَدِّمُوْنَ فَأَدِّهِ

Mihrajān has a claim upon you—one ordained

By your forefathers of old; so render it its due.

بَاكِرْهُ بِالرَّاحِ الشَّمُوْلِ تَحُثُّهَا

صِرْفاً عَلَى زَهْرِ الرَّبِيْعِ وَوَرْدِهِ

Go early to greet it with all-enfolding wine, urging its flow

Pure amid spring’s blossoms and its roses—

كَأْساً تَرَى فِيْهَا مِثَالَكَ مِنْ يَدَيً

سَاقٍ تُرِيْكَ مِثَالَهَا مِنْ خَدِّهِ

A cup in which you see your likeness, received from the hands

Of a cupbearer whose cheek displays the cup’s own likeness.