مَغنىً خَصيبٌ وَبابٌ مُرتَجٌ أَبَداً

مَغنىً خَصيبٌ وَبابٌ مُرتَجٌ أَبَداً

وَالدنُّ وَالزِقُّ وَالإِبريقُ وَالطاسُ

وَالدنُّ وَالزِقُّ وَالإِبريقُ وَالطاسُ

A lush retreat, and a door forever bolted;

A lush abode and a door forever shut,

And the wine jar, the wineskin, the ewer, and the bowl.

And the wine jar, the wineskin, the ewer, and the drinking bowl.

هذي الخَلاعَةُ لا شَيءَ سَمِعت بِهِ

هذي الخَلاعَةُ لا شَيءَ سَمِعت بِهِ

فَاِستَغنِم اللَهوَ إِنَّ العُمرَ أَنفاسُ

فَاِستَغنِم اللَهوَ إِنَّ العُمرَ أَنفاسُ

This is abandon—no mere thing I have heard tell of.

This is revelry—not something you have merely heard of.

So seize your fill of pleasure: life is but breaths.

So seize pleasure, for life is only breaths.

وَلي حَبيبٌ مَليحُ الدلِّ ذو غَنَجٍ

وَلي حَبيبٌ مَليحُ الدلِّ ذو غَنَجٍ

حُلو الشَمائِلِ ما في لَثمِهِ باسِ

حُلو الشَمائِلِ ما في لَثمِهِ باسِ

I have a beloved, lovely in his coyness, full of languid charm,

And I have a beloved, charming in coyness, full of coquetry,

Sweet in his ways—there is no harm in kissing him.

Sweet in his ways, with no harm in kissing him.

فَإِن تَعَذَّرَ أَو عَزَّتُ مَطالِبُهُ

فَإِن تَعَذَّرَ أَو عَزَّتُ مَطالِبُهُ

فَالكَأسُ وَالكيسُ وسواسٌ وَخَنّاسُ

فَالكَأسُ وَالكيسُ وسواسٌ وَخَنّاسُ

If he proves inaccessible, or his favors are hard to win,

So if he proves unattainable, or his demands are hard to meet,

Then the cup is the Whisperer, and the purse the Slinker.

Then the cup and the purse are a whisperer and a skulker.