1. زمانُ الرَبيعِ

    شَبابُ الزَمانِ

    The season of spring

    is time's youth;

  2. وَحُسنُ الوُجودِ

    وُجودُ الحِسانِ

    and the beauty of existence

    is the presence of beauties;

  3. وَأَمنُ البَليغِ

    بُلوغُ الأَماني

    and the eloquent one's safety

    is the fulfillment of wishes.

  4. فَبادِر لِفَضِّ

    خِتامِ الدَنانِ

    So hasten to break

    the seal of the wine jars,

  5. وَزَوِّج بِماءِ الحَيا السَلسَلِ

    عَروساً مِنَ الخَمرِ

    and wed to sweet-flowing rainwater

    a bride of wine.

  6. أَدِرها مُعَتَّقَةً

    خَندَريسا

    Pass it round, well aged—

    a vintage wine,

  7. تُميتُ العُقولَ

    وَتُحيي النُفوسا

    that kills the minds

    and brings souls to life.

  8. إِذا ما سَبَت

    بِسَناها الكُؤوسا

    When it captivates

    the cups with its radiance,

  9. تُشاهِدُ كُلّاً مِنَ

    الصَحبِ موسى

    you see each one of

    the companions as Moses,

  10. يُشيرُ إِلى طورِها المُعتَلي

    وَيُصعَقُ بِالسُكرِ

    pointing toward its lofty Mount Sinai,

    and struck senseless by intoxication.

  11. وَأَغيَدُ طافَ

    بِكَأسٍ وَحَيّا

    And a supple youth went round

    with a cup and offered greetings;

  12. فَأَطلَعَ في اللَيلِ

    شَمسَ الضُحَيّا

    so in the night he raised

    the sun of midmorning.

  13. فَعادَ لَنا مَيِّتُ

    اللَهوِ حَيّا

    So back to us came dead

    mirth, alive again,

  14. بِشَمسِ الحُمَيّا

    وَبَدرِ المُحَيّا

    through the sun of strong wine

    and the full moon of his face,

  15. لِما نَجتَني وَما نَجتَلي

    مِنَ الشَمسِ وَالبَدرِ

    for what we reap and what we behold

    from the sun and the full moon.

  16. فَباكِر صَبوحَكَ

    قَبلَ الفِطامِ

    So take your morning draught early,

    before weaning,

  17. وَحَيِّ النَدامى

    بِكَأسِ المُدامِ

    and greet the drinking companions

    with a cup of wine.

  18. فَقَد أَقبَلَ الصُبحُ

    مُرخي اللِثامِ

    For dawn has come,

    letting its veil fall,

  19. وَفَلَّ الصَباحُ

    جُيوشَ الظَلامِ

    and morning has routed

    the armies of darkness;

  20. وَأَلقى الشُعاعُ عَلى الجَدوَلِ

    مِلاءً مِنَ التِبرِ

    and the sunlight cast upon the stream

    mantles of gold dust.

  21. وَقَد أَضحَكَ الرَو

    ضَ دَمعُ السَحابِ

    And the meadow has been made to laugh

    by the clouds' tears,

  22. غَداةَ غَدا

    جَونُهُ في اِنتِحابِ

    on the morning when

    their dark mass fell to sobbing.

  23. فَضَرَّجَ بِالزَهرِ

    خَدَّ الرَوابي

    So with blossoms it reddened

    the cheek of the hills;

  24. وَلَو لَم يَبِت

    قَطرُهُ في اِنسِكابِ

    and had not, throughout the night,

    its rain kept pouring down,

  25. لَكانَت يَدا المَلِكِ الأَفضَلِ

    تَنوبُ عَنِ القَطرِ

    the two hands of King al-Afdal would have

    taken the place of rain.

  26. مَليكٌ هُوَ اللَيثُ

    يَحمي حِماه

    A king—he is the lion

    who guards his domain;

  27. إِذا ما أَتاهُ

    نَزيلٌ حَماه

    whenever there comes to him

    a guest, he protects him.

  28. سَليلُ المُلوكِ

    الكُماةِ الحُماه

    A scion of kings,

    the armored champions, the guardians—

  29. مُلوكٌ بِهِم ظَلَّ

    وادي حَماه

    kings through whom still

    the valley of Hama

  30. يَطولُ فَخاراً عَلى الأَعزَلِ

    وَيَسمو عَلى النِسرِ

    towers in glory above al-A'zal

    and soars above the Eagle.

  31. أَيا مَلِكاً جودُ

    كَفَّيهِ كَوثَر

    O king, the bounty

    of whose two hands is Kawthar,

  32. لِرَبِّكَ صَلِّ بِذا

    العيدِ وَاِنحَر

    pray to your Lord on this

    feast day, and offer sacrifice;

  33. وَكُن موقِناً أَنَّ

    شانيكَ أَبتَر

    and be certain that

    your hater is cut off.

  34. قُلِ الحَمدُ لِلَّهِ

    وَاللَهُ أَكبَر

    Say: 'Praise be to God,

    and God is greatest.'

  35. فَشانيكَ في الدَرَكِ الأَسفَلِ

    وَضِدُّكَ لِلنَحرِ

    For your hater is in the lowest depth,

    and your adversary is for slaughter.