إِن شِئتَ كُلَّ الخَيرِ يُجمَعُ في

إِن شِئتَ كُلَّ الخَيرِ يُجمَعُ في

الأولى فَبِت كَالصارِمِ الفَرَدِ

الأولى فَبِت كَالصارِمِ الفَرَدِ

If you wish all good to be gathered in

If you wish for all good to be gathered in one,

this earthly life, then spend the night like a lone, keen sword.

Spend the night like an unsheathed sword, alone.

ماذا يَروقُ العَينَ مِن أُشُرٍ

ماذا يَروقُ العَينَ مِن أُشُرٍ

عُقباهُ صائِرَةٌ إِلى دَرَدِ

عُقباهُ صائِرَةٌ إِلى دَرَدِ

What delights the eye in sharp-edged teeth,

What delights the eye more than gift-giving hands

whose fate is to end in toothlessness?

Whose sequel is a plunge into debt?

وَتُصاغُ لِلبيضِ الأَساوِرُ مِن

وَتُصاغُ لِلبيضِ الأَساوِرُ مِن

لُبسِ الأَساوِرِ سابِغَ الزَرَدِ

لُبسِ الأَساوِرِ سابِغَ الزَرَدِ

And bracelets are fashioned for fair-skinned women from

Bracelets for the fair ones are fashioned from

the warriors' wearing of full-length chain mail.

The wearing of bracelets in deep green.

وَأُمَن عَلى المالِ الرِجالَ وَلا

وَأُمَن عَلى المالِ الرِجالَ وَلا

تَأمَنُهُمُ أَبَداً عَلى الخُرُدِ

تَأمَنُهُمُ أَبَداً عَلى الخُرُدِ

And trust men with wealth, but do not

And men safeguard wealth, yet never

ever trust them with virgin maidens.

Can it be safe from them, not even a bit.