يا أَخاً لا يُمِرُّ حُلوَ الإِخاءِ

يا أَخاً لا يُمِرُّ حُلوَ الإِخاءِ

بِهِجاءٍ مِنهُ وَلا إِقصاءِ

بِهِجاءٍ مِنهُ وَلا إِقصاءِ

O brother who does not embitter the sweetness of brotherhood

O brother, let not the sweetness of brotherhood

With invective of his own or with rejection,

Pass with neither joy nor estrangement from you.

وَالَّذي راحَ ذا سَناً وَثَناءِ

وَالَّذي راحَ ذا سَناً وَثَناءِ

وَغَدا ذا فُتُوَّةٍ وَفَتاءِ

وَغَدا ذا فُتُوَّةٍ وَفَتاءِ

And you who enter evening with radiance and praise,

By the one who lived gloriously only to decay,

And greet morning with chivalry and youth,

And awoke vigorous and bold,

وَالَّذي شادَ مَجدَهُ بِالمَساعي

وَالَّذي شادَ مَجدَهُ بِالمَساعي

في عِراصِ الفَخارِ وَالعَلياءِ

في عِراصِ الفَخارِ وَالعَلياءِ

And you who have built your glory through striving

Who built his glory with great deeds

In the arenas of honor and eminence:

Among the nobles and the lofty ones,

بِيَ فَقرٌ إِلى المُدامِ وَإِن لَم

بِيَ فَقرٌ إِلى المُدامِ وَإِن لَم

أَكُ مِمَّن يُعَدُّ في الفُقَراءِ

أَكُ مِمَّن يُعَدُّ في الفُقَراءِ

I have need of wine, though

I am needful of wine though I am not

I am not among those counted as poor.

Counted among the impoverished,

فَصُنِ اليَومَ وَجهَ قَصدي وَإِلّا

فَصُنِ اليَومَ وَجهَ قَصدي وَإِلّا

لَم أَصُن عَن سِواكَ وَجهُ ثَنائي

لَم أَصُن عَن سِواكَ وَجهُ ثَنائي

So preserve the dignity of my appeal today—otherwise

Guard for me today the object of my quest, or else

I shall not reserve my praise for you alone—

I will not guard from others my words of praise.

بِسَلافٍ إِذا ذَوى رَوضُ عَيشٍ

بِسَلافٍ إِذا ذَوى رَوضُ عَيشٍ

أَنبَتَت فيهِ زَهرَةَ السَرّاءِ

أَنبَتَت فيهِ زَهرَةَ السَرّاءِ

With choice wine that, when life's garden withers,

With conviviality, when the garden of life flourishes,

Makes the blossom of joy spring up within it.

The flower of bliss blooms in it.

كُلَّما صُفِّقَت حَكَت لِلنَدامى

كُلَّما صُفِّقَت حَكَت لِلنَدامى

ذَهَباً تَحتَ فَضَّةٍ بَيضاءِ

ذَهَباً تَحتَ فَضَّةٍ بَيضاءِ

Whenever decanted, the drinking companions see it as

Whenever she clapped, she would tell the repentant

Gold beneath white silver,

Of gold beneath white silver.

سَيَما وَالسَماءُ تَجلو عَلَينا

سَيَما وَالسَماءُ تَجلو عَلَينا

نَفسَها في غِلالَةٍ دَكناءِ

نَفسَها في غِلالَةٍ دَكناءِ

Especially as the sky reveals to us

Especially as the sky clears upon us

Herself in a dusky, gauzy robe,

Its darkness in shadows,

وَالرُبى في مَعارِقِ النَبتِ تَبدو

وَالرُبى في مَعارِقِ النَبتِ تَبدو

في خَلوقِيَّةٍ وَفي صَفراءِ

في خَلوقِيَّةٍ وَفي صَفراءِ

And the hills, in garments of herbage, appear

And the pastures in the meadows appear

In saffron-colored robes and yellow ones.

In the green and the yellow,

فَتَفَضَّل بِما تَيَسَّرَ مِنها

فَتَفَضَّل بِما تَيَسَّرَ مِنها

فَوَنُعماكَ ما عَداكَ رَجائي

فَوَنُعماكَ ما عَداكَ رَجائي

So be generous with whatever is available of it;

So favor me with what you can spare,

For, by your bounty, my hope has not gone beyond you.

For except for you my hopes are naught.