أَلا حَبَّذا عَصرُ اللِوى وَزَمانُهُ

أَلا حَبَّذا عَصرُ اللِوى وَزَمانُهُ

إِذِ الدَهرُ سَلمٌ وَالجَميعُ حُلولُ

إِذِ الدَهرُ سَلمٌ وَالجَميعُ حُلولُ

Ah, how lovely the days of al-Liwa and its time,

Oh how wonderful were the days of youth and their time

when time was peaceful and all were encamped;

When life was safe and all were in harmony

وَإِذ لِلصِّبا حَوضٌ مِنَ اللَهوِ مُترَعٌ

وَإِذ لِلصِّبا حَوضٌ مِنَ اللَهوِ مُترَعٌ

لَنا عَلَلٌ مِن وِردِهِ وَنَهولُ

لَنا عَلَلٌ مِن وِردِهِ وَنَهولُ

and when youth had a pool brimming with pleasure,

When the youth had a pool of games at their disposal

we drank its waters in first draughts and draughts renewed;

From its roses we got necklaces and descended to valleys

وَإِذ نَحنُ لَم يَعرِض لِأُلفَةِ بَينِنا

وَإِذ نَحنُ لَم يَعرِض لِأُلفَةِ بَينِنا

تَناءٍ وَلا مَلَّ الوِصالَ مَلولُ

تَناءٍ وَلا مَلَّ الوِصالَ مَلولُ

and when the affection between us had not been disturbed

When between us familiarity did not lead to boredom

by separation, nor had the easily bored wearied of union.

Nor did intimacies make the union tiring