1. صَبْحةَ النَّوْرُوز في الأحدِ

    غَلَّ عنك الصومُ كلَّ يَدِ

    O morning of Nowruz on Sunday,

    Fasting has shackled every hand, holding it back from you.

  2. فصباح الفطر موعدنا

    بصَبوحٍ كامل العُدَدِ

    So the morning of the fast-breaking feast is our appointed time,

    With a morning draught complete in all its trappings:

  3. من كُميت اللون صافية

    ترتمي في الكأس بالزَّبدِ

    Of clear wine, dark red in hue,

    Tumbling into the cup with froth;

  4. فوقها مما تجيشُ به

    حَبَب كاللؤلؤ البَدَدِ

    Above it, from its seething,

    Are bubbles like scattered pearls.

  5. خنْدريس عُتِّقت فغدت

    من بنات الكرم والأبدِ

    A vintage wine, aged until it became

    A daughter of the vine and eternity.

  6. رُوح راحٍ أو حُشاشتُها

    فهْيَ أخت الروح في الجسدِ

    The spirit of wine, or its last breath of life,

    For it is the soul's sister in the body.

  7. صعبة في الرأس جامحة

    سهلة في كل مُزْدَردِ

    Unruly in the head, unbridled,

    Yet smooth in every throat.

  8. وسماع صِيغَ من كَلِمٍ

    قيِّم ما فيه من أوَدِ

    And song fashioned from words,

    Upright, with no crookedness in it;

  9. صاغه صَوَّاغُه صِيَغاً

    بِدَعاً لم تُلقَ في خَلَدِ

    Its goldsmith fashioned it into forms

    Novel, such as had never entered a mind.

  10. فله في عقل سامعه

    عملٌ كالنفث في العُقَدِ

    Thus, in its listener's mind, it has

    An effect like breath blown upon knots.

  11. من ظباء غير نافرةٍ

    غايةٍ في الحسن والغَيَدِ

    From gazelles that do not shy away,

    Peerless in beauty and supple grace;

  12. رائماتٍ ما رَئمنَ سوى

    أدوات اللهو من وَلَدِ

    Fond mothers, who have cherished nothing but

    The instruments of pleasure as offspring.

  13. وعلينا إذ قضى حَكَمٌ

    أن سَبَقْتَ الفطر في الأمدِ

    And we owe, since an arbiter decreed

    That you preceded the fast-breaking feast in time,

  14. ياذِجاراتٌ سنشربها

    لك فيه جمَّةُ العَدَدِ

    Commemorative draughts that we shall drink

    To you at that feast, in great number;

  15. مُخْلِفِي يوم كيومك ما

    فيه من بؤس ولا نكدِ

    Providing a replacement day like yours, with no

    Misery or distress in it;

  16. مُنشيء النيروز ثانية

    لا ذَوِي إثم ولا فندِ

    Creating Nowruz a second time,

    Bearing neither sin nor folly;

  17. مُعْمِلي كأس يطوف بها

    غلمة كالأدْم بالجَرَدَ

    Putting a cup to use, carried around by

    Boys like white gazelles on the bare plain.

  18. ذاك أقصى جُهدِنا لك إذ

    فات في النيروز كل دَدِ

    That is the utmost we can do for you, since

    All merriment was lost on Nowruz.

  19. فاعذرينا إنه قدرٌ

    ليس يعطي اليومَ حظَّ غَدِ

    So pardon us: it is fate,

    Which does not grant today tomorrow's share.