خُذوا منَ العَيشِ فَالأَعمارُ فاتِيَةٌ

خُذوا منَ العَيشِ فَالأَعمارُ فاتِيَةٌ

وَالدَهرُ مُنصَرِفٌ وَالعَيشُ مُنقَرِضُ

وَالدَهرُ مُنصَرِفٌ وَالعَيشُ مُنقَرِضُ

Take your share of life, for lifetimes are fleeting;

Take from life as life spans swiftly pass

And time passes away, and life comes to an end.

Time turns as life’s joys fade and will not last

في حامِلِ الكَأسِ مِن بَدرِ الدُجى خَلَفُ

في حامِلِ الكَأسِ مِن بَدرِ الدُجى خَلَفُ

وَفي المُدامَةِ مِن شَمسِ الضُحى عِوَضُ

وَفي المُدامَةِ مِن شَمسِ الضُحى عِوَضُ

In the cupbearer is a successor to the full moon of night,

In the wine-bearer’s cup as night gives way

And in the wine, a substitute for the midmorning sun.

Lies recompense for the light of morning’s day

كَأَنَّ نَجمَ الثُرَيّا كَفُّ ذي كَرَمٍ

كَأَنَّ نَجمَ الثُرَيّا كَفُّ ذي كَرَمٍ

مَبسوطَةٌ لِلعَطايا لَيسَ تَنقَبِضُ

مَبسوطَةٌ لِلعَطايا لَيسَ تَنقَبِضُ

It is as though the star of the Pleiades were a generous man's hand,

Like the Pleiades, the generous man’s palm

Outstretched to bestow gifts, never closing.

Stays open, giving, it does not withdraw