اِقضِ لِلعَيشِ حاجَةَ الأَفراحِ

اِقضِ لِلعَيشِ حاجَةَ الأَفراحِ

وَصِلِ الإِغتِباقَ بِالإِصطِباحِ

وَصِلِ الإِغتِباقَ بِالإِصطِباحِ

Satisfy life's need for joys,

Fulfill for life the need of joys,

And join evening drinking to morning drinking,

And join dusk with dawn.

بَينَ دُرَّينِ ياسيمنٍ وَطَلٍّ

بَينَ دُرَّينِ ياسيمنٍ وَطَلٍّ

وَعَقيقَينِ جُلَّنارٍ وَراحِ

وَعَقيقَينِ جُلَّنارٍ وَراحِ

Between two pearls—jasmine and dew—

Between two myrtles and a talh tree,

And two carnelians—pomegranate blossom and wine.

And two carnelians and a basil plant,

وَإِذا وَقَّحَ الأَسى مِنهُ وَجها

وَإِذا وَقَّحَ الأَسى مِنهُ وَجها

لا تُسَلِّط عَلَيهِ إِلّا الأَقاحي

لا تُسَلِّط عَلَيهِ إِلّا الأَقاحي

And if sorrow makes its face brazen,

And if sorrow distorts its face,

Unleash nothing upon it but daisies.

Only feed it oblivion.