أَلاَ فَاسْتَرْزِقِ الرَّحْمَنَ خَيْرَاً

أَلاَ فَاسْتَرْزِقِ الرَّحْمَنَ خَيْرَاً

وَسِرْ بِالكَأسِ نَحْوَ اللَّهْوِ سَيْرَا

وَسِرْ بِالكَأسِ نَحْوَ اللَّهْوِ سَيْرَا

Come, seek good provision from the All-Merciful,

Seek sustenance from the Most Merciful, good fortune

And make your way, cup in hand, toward merriment.

And pass the cup towards revelry and cheer

وَلاَ تَكُ آلِفاً إلاَّ أَدِيْبَاً

وَلاَ تَكُ آلِفاً إلاَّ أَدِيْبَاً

وَبُسْتَانَاً وَمَاخُورَاً وَدَيْرَا

وَبُسْتَانَاً وَمَاخُورَاً وَدَيْرَا

And keep company with none but a man of letters,

Do not befriend any but the refined and learned

A garden, a tavern, and a monastery.

A garden, and wine, and a monastery dear

وَلاَ تَغْرُرْكَ أَيَّامٌ طِوَالٌ

وَلاَ تَغْرُرْكَ أَيَّامٌ طِوَالٌ

تَعُودُ نَدَامَةً وَتَعُودُ ضَيْرَا

تَعُودُ نَدَامَةً وَتَعُودُ ضَيْرَا

And let no long days deceive you,

Let not days long deceived, return

Which turn to regret and turn to harm.

Regret and sorrow they will confer

فَأَيّامُ الهُمُومِ مُقَصَّصَاتٌ

فَأَيّامُ الهُمُومِ مُقَصَّصَاتٌ

وَأَيَّامُ السُّرُورِ تَطِيْرُ طَيْرَا

وَأَيَّامُ السُّرُورِ تَطِيْرُ طَيْرَا

For days of sorrow have their wings clipped,

For days of anxiety are foreordained

And days of joy go flying.

While days of joy take wing and fly far