أَلاَ فَاسْتَرْزِقِ الرَّحْمَنَ خَيْرَاً

وَسِرْ بِالكَأسِ نَحْوَ اللَّهْوِ سَيْرَا

Seek sustenance from the Most Merciful, good fortune

And pass the cup towards revelry and cheer

وَلاَ تَكُ آلِفاً إلاَّ أَدِيْبَاً

وَبُسْتَانَاً وَمَاخُورَاً وَدَيْرَا

Do not befriend any but the refined and learned

A garden, and wine, and a monastery dear

وَلاَ تَغْرُرْكَ أَيَّامٌ طِوَالٌ

تَعُودُ نَدَامَةً وَتَعُودُ ضَيْرَا

Let not days long deceived, return

Regret and sorrow they will confer

فَأَيّامُ الهُمُومِ مُقَصَّصَاتٌ

وَأَيَّامُ السُّرُورِ تَطِيْرُ طَيْرَا

For days of anxiety are foreordained

While days of joy take wing and fly far