يا حسنَ مَغداكَ وطيبَ الرواحْ

يا حسنَ مَغداكَ وطيبَ الرواحْ

ذاك هو السعىُ وهذا النجاحْ

ذاك هو السعىُ وهذا النجاحْ

How lovely your morning departure, and how pleasant the evening journey!

O beauty your bed's comfort and sweet scent of repose

That is striving, and this is success!

That is the struggle, and this the attainment

مذ زجَروا فألَك أعلمتُهم

مذ زجَروا فألَك أعلمتُهم

إمساكَ أيديهم عنانَ القِداحْ

إمساكَ أيديهم عنانَ القِداحْ

Since they read your good omen, I informed them

Since they were harsh, I made it clear to them

that their hands held the reins of the divining arrows.

Restraining their hands from the bridle of the wine-cup