خُذ مِنَ العَيشِ ما كَفى

خُذ مِنَ العَيشِ ما كَفى

وَمِنَ الدَهرِ ما صَفا

وَمِنَ الدَهرِ ما صَفا

Take from life what suffices,

Take from life what suffices

And from time what is unclouded.

And from time what is pure

لا تلحنَّ بالبكا

لا تلحنَّ بالبكا

ءِ على منزلٍ عفا

ءِ على منزلٍ عفا

Do not sing out in tears

Do not grieve with tears

Over a dwelling whose traces have faded.

Over an abode that perished

حَسُنَ الغَدرُ في الأَنا

حَسُنَ الغَدرُ في الأَنا

مِ كَما اِستُقبِحَ الوَفا

مِ كَما اِستُقبِحَ الوَفا

Treachery has become fair among humankind,

Betrayal is fair in people

Just as loyalty has come to be deemed ugly.

As loyalty was deemed ugly

صِل أَخا الوَصلِ إِنَّهُ

صِل أَخا الوَصلِ إِنَّهُ

لَيسَ بِالهَجرِ مَن جَفا

لَيسَ بِالهَجرِ مَن جَفا

Keep ties with a brother who keeps ties, for

Reconcile a brother of connection, for

One who has grown cold is not to be met with estrangement.

He who abandoned is not of those who resented

خَلِّ عَنكَ العِتابَ إِن

خَلِّ عَنكَ العِتابَ إِن

خانَ ذو الوُدِّ أَو هَفا

خانَ ذو الوُدِّ أَو هَفا

Set reproach aside if

Spare your reproach if

A loving friend betrays you or errs.

One of affection betrayed or was frivolous

عَينُ مَن لايُريدُ وَص

عَينُ مَن لايُريدُ وَص

لَكَ تُبدي لَكَ الجَفا

لَكَ تُبدي لَكَ الجَفا

The eye of one who does not wish for ties

The eye of one who wants no connection with you

With you reveals his coldness to you.

Shows you nothing but resentment