1. خَيرُ أوقاِتك في اللَّذ

    اتِ أوقاتُ البُكورِ

    Your finest hours of pleasure

    Are the hours of early morning.

  2. ليسَ يَومٌ إنْ تُقَصِّرْ

    هُ اصطباحاً بقَصيرِ

    No day, if you shorten

    It with a morning draught, is short.

  3. والظَّريفُ الحُرُّ عن إخ

    وانِه غيرُ صَبورِ

    And the refined, noble man, away from

    His brethren, has no patience.

  4. ولنا راحٌ خِلالَ الشْ

    رْبِ لا راحُ العَصيرِ

    And we have wine during

    The drinking—not wine of pressed juice—

  5. ذاتُ لونٍ ونسيمٍ

    خُلِقا من وَردِ جُورِ

    With a hue and a fragrance

    Both fashioned from the roses of Jur.

  6. وسقاةٌ إن سَقوا حيْ

    يَوْا برَيحانِ الصُّدورِ

    And cupbearers who, when they pour,

    Salute with the basil of their breasts.

  7. وعدوٌّ لك في القُرْ

    ر صديقٌ في الهَجيرِ

    And an enemy to you in

    The cold, a friend in the midday heat,

  8. يَستعيرُ البردَ والإش

    راقَ من بَردِ الثُّغورِ

    Borrows coolness and

    Radiance from the hail-white teeth.

  9. رَقَّ حتَّى كادَ يَفنى

    بإشارتِ المُشيرِ

    So delicate it almost vanishes

    At a gesture from one who points.

  10. فائْتِنا تَلْقَ الذي تَه

    واه من عَيْشٍ نَضيرِ

    So come to us; you will find what you

    Desire of a life in bloom.