الصَّفْوُ من ماءِ العِنَبْ

الصَّفْوُ من ماءِ العِنَبْ

يا صاح أَحلى ما شُرِبْ

يا صاح أَحلى ما شُرِبْ

Pure wine, drawn from the juice of grapes—

The clear essence of grape juice,

O friend—is the sweetest thing ever drunk:

O friend, is the sweetest thing ever drunk.

راحٌ تُريك بمَزْجها

راحٌ تُريك بمَزْجها

في الكأْس سِلسلة الذهب

في الكأْس سِلسلة الذهب

wine that shows you, when it is mixed,

Wine that, when mixed, shows you

within the cup, a chain of gold.

in the cup a chain of gold.

طُبِخَتْ بنار الدّهر لا

طُبِخَتْ بنار الدّهر لا

نارِ التَّضَرُّم واللَّهبْ

نارِ التَّضَرُّم واللَّهبْ

It was matured by time’s fire, not

Cooked by the fire of time, not

by the fire of fierce burning and flame.

the fire of burning and flame.

لا يَمْنَعَنَّكَ شُرْبَها

لا يَمْنَعَنَّكَ شُرْبَها

شهرُ المحرَّم أَو رجب

شهرُ المحرَّم أَو رجب

Let your drinking of it not be barred by

Do not be kept from drinking it

the month of Muharram or Rajab.

by the month of Muharram or Rajab.

وانهب زمانك إِنه

وانهب زمانك إِنه

لِشباب عمرك يَنْتَهب

لِشباب عمرك يَنْتَهب

And seize your time—for indeed it

And plunder your time, for it

truly plunders the youth of your life.

plunders the youth of your life.