اليَومُ يَومُ نَزاهةٍ وَعُقارِ

اليَومُ يَومُ نَزاهةٍ وَعُقارِ

وَتَقرّب الآمالِ وَالأَوطارِ

وَتَقرّب الآمالِ وَالأَوطارِ

Today is a day of recreation and wine,

Today is a day of purity and fragrance

And of hopes and desires drawing near.

As hopes and goals draw near

أَوَ ما تَرى شَمس النَهار قَدِ اِختَفَت

أَوَ ما تَرى شَمس النَهار قَدِ اِختَفَت

وَتَستَّرَت عَن أَعيُن النظّارِ

وَتَستَّرَت عَن أَعيُن النظّارِ

And do you not see that the day's sun has vanished

Or have you not seen the sun disappear?

And hidden itself from the eyes of onlookers?

Vanishing from viewers' eyes

وَالغَيثُ سحّ غَمامُه فَكَأنّه

وَالغَيثُ سحّ غَمامُه فَكَأنّه

دَنِفٌ بَكى مِن شدّة التذكارِ

دَنِفٌ بَكى مِن شدّة التذكارِ

And the rain poured from its clouds, as though it were

The rain poured down its clouds

A lovesick man who wept from the intensity of remembrance.

Like a sad song of memories

وَالبَرقُ لاحَ مِنَ السَماء كَأَنَّهُ

وَالبَرقُ لاحَ مِنَ السَماء كَأَنَّهُ

سَيفٌ تَأَلّق في سَماءِ غُبارِ

سَيفٌ تَأَلّق في سَماءِ غُبارِ

And lightning flashed from the sky, as though it were

Lightning flashed across the sky

A sword that gleamed in a sky of dust.

Like a sword gleaming in a dusty sky

لا شَيء أَحسَنُ فيهِ مِن نَيل المُنى

لا شَيء أَحسَنُ فيهِ مِن نَيل المُنى

بِمُدامةٍ تَبدو كَشُعلَة نارِ

بِمُدامةٍ تَبدو كَشُعلَة نارِ

Nothing is finer on this day than attaining one's wishes

Nothing is more beautiful than attaining desires

With wine that looks like a flame of fire.

With a cup that shines like a flame

لَولا صِيامٌ عاقَني عَن شُربِها

لَولا صِيامٌ عاقَني عَن شُربِها

لَخَلَعتُ في هَذا النَهار عِذاري

لَخَلَعتُ في هَذا النَهار عِذاري

Had fasting not kept me from drinking it,

If not for fasting holding me back

I would have cast off my bridle this day.

I would have shed my modesty today

لَو كانَ يُمكنُ أَن يُعار أَعَرتُهُ

لَو كانَ يُمكنُ أَن يُعار أَعَرتُهُ

وَأَصومُ شَهراً في مَكان نَهارِ

وَأَصومُ شَهراً في مَكان نَهارِ

If it could be lent, I would lend it,

If only I could borrow its bareness

And I would fast a month in place of a day.

And fast a month in daylight's place

لَكن تَرَكتُ سُرورَه وَمُدامَه

لَكن تَرَكتُ سُرورَه وَمُدامَه

حَتّى أَكونَ لَدَيهِ ذا إِفطارِ

حَتّى أَكونَ لَدَيهِ ذا إِفطارِ

But I have forgone its joy and its wine,

But I left its joy and its cup

Until I am there with my fast broken.

So I can break fast with it

وَنُديرُها في الكَأس بَينَ نَواهدٍ

وَنُديرُها في الكَأس بَينَ نَواهدٍ

تَجلو الهُموم بِنَغمة الأَوتارِ

تَجلو الهُموم بِنَغمة الأَوتارِ

And we pass it round in the cup among full-breasted maidens,

And we will pass it around in a cup amidst gazelles

Who dispel cares with the melody of strings.

Who dispel sorrows with the melody of strings

فَجُفونُها تُغنيك عَن أَكواسها

فَجُفونُها تُغنيك عَن أَكواسها

وَخُدودُها تُغنيك عَن أَزهارِ

وَخُدودُها تُغنيك عَن أَزهارِ

For their eyelids spare you the need for their cups,

For their eyelids sing to you instead of cups

And their cheeks spare you the need for flowers.

And their cheeks sing to you instead of flowers