عبد العزيز علام تلهو بالصبا

عبد العزيز علام تلهو بالصبا

لهوَ المؤمِّلِ أطولَ الآجالِ

لهوَ المؤمِّلِ أطولَ الآجالِ

Abd al-Aziz, why do you revel in youthful pleasures,

Why, Abdel Aziz, do you play with youth,

As one who hopes for the longest of lives?

While playing belongs to one with lengthened life;

وإلامَ تسمع مطربيك وقد علا

وإلامَ تسمع مطربيك وقد علا

صوت النذير بأعجل الأهوال

صوت النذير بأعجل الأهوال

And how long will you listen to your singers, when there has already risen

And why do you listen to your singers, though

The warner's voice, announcing the most imminent terrors?

The herald's cry of swiftly coming death is loud?

فلقد أجرتهمُ ثلاثة أشهرٍ

فلقد أجرتهمُ ثلاثة أشهرٍ

هلا أجرتهم ثلاث ليال

هلا أجرتهم ثلاث ليال

For you have hired them for three months;

For you have squandered three long months away;

Why did you not hire them for three nights?

Why were not three short nights enough for you?