هذا أوانُ ثِمارِ لَه

هذا أوانُ ثِمارِ لَه

وِكَ فَاجْنِ بالكاسِ الثِّمارا

وِكَ فَاجْنِ بالكاسِ الثِّمارا

This is the season for the fruits of

This is the time for its fruits,

your pleasure; so harvest the fruits with the cup.

So be joyous with the cup of fruits.

إنَّ الصِّغارَ صغيرةٌ

إنَّ الصِّغارَ صغيرةٌ

فاغْشَ الكبائرَ والكِبارا

فاغْشَ الكبائرَ والكِبارا

Small things are trifling;

For small things are small,

so pursue great sins and great things.

So cover over the big sins and the big ones.

سفَرتْ لنا الدُّنيا وكَم

سفَرتْ لنا الدُّنيا وكَم

ألقَت محاسِنُها الخِمارا

ألقَت محاسِنُها الخِمارا

The world unveiled herself to us—and how often

The world has journeyed for us and how much

her beauties have cast off the veil!

It has shed its beautiful veils.

ورأيتُ نَرجِسَها على

ورأيتُ نَرجِسَها على

لَبَّاتِها حَلْياً مُعارا

لَبَّاتِها حَلْياً مُعارا

And I saw her narcissus upon

And I saw its narcissus upon

her bosom, a borrowed ornament.

Its soft lips an borrowed finery.

إن حَلَّ حلَّ به السُّرو

إن حَلَّ حلَّ به السُّرو

ر مُخيِّماً أو سارَ سارا

ر مُخيِّماً أو سارَ سارا

If it settles, joy settles with it,

If it stayed, it stayed with it proudly

encamping; or if it journeys, joy journeys too.

Encamping or travelled travelled nobly.

ما كانَ قبلُ كأنَّه

ما كانَ قبلُ كأنَّه

مَرَضُ العيونِ لها شِعارا

مَرَضُ العيونِ لها شِعارا

It had not before seemed like

It was not as it was before as if

the eyes’ languor, an inner garment they wore;

It were a sickness of the eyes it followed.

لكنَّه أزرَى بها

لكنَّه أزرَى بها

فَمَرِضْنَ ذُلاً وانكسارا

فَمَرِضْنَ ذُلاً وانكسارا

rather, it put them to shame,

But it has become sickened by it

so they sickened from humiliation and dejection.

So they sickened with humiliation and brokenness.