لاحَ إِشراقُ الصَباحِ

لاحَ إِشراقُ الصَباحِ

فَاِطرُدِ الهَمَّ بِراحِ

فَاِطرُدِ الهَمَّ بِراحِ

The morning's radiance has appeared;

The dawn gleams with radiance

The radiance of the morning has broken forth,

so drive sorrow away with wine.

So banish worries and take delight

So banish sorrow with a cup of wine.

لَستُ بِالتارِكِ لَذّا

لَستُ بِالتارِكِ لَذّا

تِ النَدامى لِلصَلاحِ

تِ النَدامى لِلصَلاحِ

I will not abandon the pleasures

I won't abandon pleasures

I shall never forsake the delights

of drinking companions for righteousness.

That bring future regrets

Of drinking companions for the sake of piety.

قُل لِمَن يَبغي صَلاحي

قُل لِمَن يَبغي صَلاحي

بِعتُ رُشدي بِطَلاحي

بِعتُ رُشدي بِطَلاحي

Tell whoever seeks to set me right:

Tell those who wish me well

Say to the one who seeks my redemption:

I sold my sound judgment for my wickedness.

I sold my reason for madness

"I have traded my rectitude for vice."

ظَفِرَت كَفَّ أَريبٍ

ظَفِرَت كَفَّ أَريبٍ

باعَ بِرّاً بِجُناحِ

باعَ بِرّاً بِجُناحِ

A clever man's hand has triumphed,

A cunning hand clutched

Victorious is the hand of the cunning wit,

who sold virtue for sin.

Selling virtue for vice

Who has sold righteousness in exchange for sin.

أَطيَبُ اللَذّاتِ ما كا

أَطيَبُ اللَذّاتِ ما كا

نَ جِهاراً بِاِفتِضاحِ

نَ جِهاراً بِاِفتِضاحِ

The sweetest pleasures are those

The sweetest pleasures come

The sweetest of pleasures are those taken

that take place openly, with scandal.

Openly, with no shame

Openly, in the face of scandal.