هُوَ الفَجْرُ قابَلَنا بِابْتِسامِ

هُوَ الفَجْرُ قابَلَنا بِابْتِسامِ

لِيَصْرِفَ عَنّا عُبوسَ الظَّلامِ

لِيَصْرِفَ عَنّا عُبوسَ الظَّلامِ

It is dawn—it greeted us with a smile,

He is the dawn who greeted us with a smile

To banish from us the frown of darkness.

To dispel the gloom of darkness for us

ولاحَ فَحَلَّلَ كَأْسَ الشَّمو

ولاحَ فَحَلَّلَ كَأْسَ الشَّمو

لِ صَرْفاً وحَرْمَ كَأْسَ المَلامِ

لِ صَرْفاً وحَرْمَ كَأْسَ المَلامِ

And it shone, making lawful the cup of wine—

And the morning gleamed to sweeten the cup of youth

Unmixed—and forbidding the cup of reproach.

As a lawful drink and sacrament of the cup of beauty

ظَلِلْنا عَلى شَمِ وَرْدِ الخُدودِ

ظَلِلْنا عَلى شَمِ وَرْدِ الخُدودِ

ومِسْكِ النُّحورِ ونُقْلِ اللّثامِ

ومِسْكِ النُّحورِ ونُقْلِ اللّثامِ

We spent the day inhaling the roses of cheeks,

We sat in the shade of roseate cheeks

And the musk of throats, and the veil’s sweetmeats.

And musk of throats and parting of veils

نُعينُ الصَّباحَ عَلى كَشْفِهِ

نُعينُ الصَّباحَ عَلى كَشْفِهِ

قِناعَ الظَّلامِ بِضَوْءِ المُدامِ

قِناعَ الظَّلامِ بِضَوْءِ المُدامِ

We help the morning lift

We help the morn unveil

The mask of darkness with the light of wine.

The mask of darkness with the light of wine