1. أَيا مَلِكاً رَبعُهُ لِلعُفاةِ

    رَحيبُ الفِناءِ رَفيعُ البِناءِ

    O king, whose abode for seekers of bounty

    has a spacious courtyard and a lofty edifice;

  2. وَمَن وَجهُهُ مِثلُ شَمسِ النَهارِ

    عَزيزُ المَقالِ عَزيزُ السَناءِ

    And you whose face is like the sun of day,

    exalted in speech, exalted in splendor;

  3. وَمَن إِن أَرَدنا دُعاءً لَنا

    دَعَونا لِأَيّامِهِ بِالبَقاءِ

    And you for whom, when we wish to pray for ourselves,

    we pray that your days may endure:

  4. أَلَستَ تَرى الأَرضَ قَد زُخرِفَت

    وَقَد ضَحِكَت مِن بُكاءِ السَماءِ

    Do you not see that the earth has been adorned,

    and has laughed at the sky’s weeping?

  5. فَثُب كُلَّ يَومٍ إِلى قَهوَةٍ

    تُشاكَلُ كاساتُها في الصَفاءِ

    So return each day to wine

    whose clarity matches that of its cups;

  6. وَمُر ساقِيَ الراحِ يَمزُج لَنا

    مِياهَ الحَياةِ بِماءِ الحَياءِ

    And bid the wine’s cupbearer mix for us

    the waters of life with the water of modesty,

  7. مِنَ الأَربِعاءِ إِلى الأَربِعاءِ

    إِلى الأَربِعاءِ إِلى الأَربِعاءِ

    from Wednesday to Wednesday,

    to Wednesday, to Wednesday.