1. بكّر على غيمٍ أتاكَ مجدّداً

    طلعت عليك نجومهُ بالأسعدِ

    Go early to a cloud that has come to you anew;

    Its stars have risen upon you with the best of fortune.

  2. وبعَقبِ ليلٍ ثرَّةٍ أخلافُهُ

    رقَدَ المحبّ وعينُهُ لم ترقُدِ

    And after a night whose udders flowed abundantly,

    The lover slept, though his eye did not sleep.

  3. يومٌ يردُّ على الفتى أطرابَهُ

    ويكف عاديةَ الزمان المعتدي

    A day that restores to the young man his joys

    And repels the onslaught of hostile Time.

  4. لبسَ السحائبَ جوُّهُ وكأنّهُ

    يختالُ بين ممسّكٍ ومورَّدِ

    Its sky has donned the clouds, as though it

    Were strutting between musk-dark and rose-red ones.

  5. إنّ السرورَ قصيرةٌ أيّامهُ

    إن لم تبادر وقتَهُ لم يوجدِ

    Indeed, joy's days are short;

    If you do not seize its moment, it will not be found.