أَهاتِفَةَ الأَيكِ خَلّي الأَنامَ

أَهاتِفَةَ الأَيكِ خَلّي الأَنامَ

وَلا تَثلِبيهِ وَلا تَمدَحي

وَلا تَثلِبيهِ وَلا تَمدَحي

O calling bird of the grove, leave humankind alone.

O nightly caller, leave people be

And neither revile them nor praise them.

Do not blame them nor praise them

وَإِن كُنتِ شادِيَةً فَاِصمُتي

وَإِن كُنتِ شادِيَةً فَاِصمُتي

وَإِن كُنتِ باكِيَةٍ فَاِصدَحي

وَإِن كُنتِ باكِيَةٍ فَاِصدَحي

And if you are singing, be silent;

And if you are happy, stay silent

And if you are weeping, raise your voice.

And if you are sad, cry out loud

كَدَحنا لِفانِيَةٍ حُلوَةٍ

كَدَحنا لِفانِيَةٍ حُلوَةٍ

فَكَيفَ نَلومُكَ إِن تَكدَحي

فَكَيفَ نَلومُكَ إِن تَكدَحي

We have toiled for a sweet, fleeting world;

We have toiled for fleeting sweetness

So how can we blame you if you toil?

How could we blame you if you toil too

وَإِن حَمَلَت راحَتي راحَها

وَإِن حَمَلَت راحَتي راحَها

بِأَقداحِها لَم تَفُز أَقدُحي

بِأَقداحِها لَم تَفُز أَقدُحي

And even if my palm has carried its wine

If you carried my comfort, carried it away

In its goblets, my lot-casting arrows have not won.

With your cups, no cups could outpour it

وَما يُضحِكُ السِنَّ في دَهرِها

وَما يُضحِكُ السِنَّ في دَهرِها

كَأَنَّ المَصائِبَ لَم تَفدَحِ

كَأَنَّ المَصائِبَ لَم تَفدَحِ

And what makes the teeth laugh in its time,

What makes this age laugh in its course

As though calamities had not weighed heavily?

As if disasters never spread wide