تمتَّعْ بالمَسَرَّةِ والشبابِ

تمتَّعْ بالمَسَرَّةِ والشبابِ

فقد بَرز الرَّبيع من الحجاب

فقد بَرز الرَّبيع من الحجاب

Revel in delight and youth,

Revel in pleasure and youth

For spring has emerged from behind the veil.

For spring has emerged from seclusion

فحُّبك والزمانُ وأنت فيه

فحُّبك والزمانُ وأنت فيه

شبابٌ في شباب في شباب

شبابٌ في شباب في شباب

So your love, the season, and you within it

Your love and time while you are in it

Are youth within youth within youth.

Youth within youth within youth

فحَيِّ على المُدام بكفّ ساقٍ

فحَيِّ على المُدام بكفّ ساقٍ

يُدير الخمرَ من بَرَدٍ عِذَاب

يُدير الخمرَ من بَرَدٍ عِذَاب

So hasten to wine in a cupbearer's palm,

Raise your cup with a swaying wrist

Who passes round wine from sweet hailstones.

Swirling wine that is painful frost

يُدير بِريقِه ويديه خَمْراً

يُدير بِريقِه ويديه خَمْراً

شرابٌ في شَراب في شَراب

شرابٌ في شَراب في شَراب

He passes wine with his saliva and his hands—

His saliva swirls and his hands swirl wine

Drink within drink within drink.

A drink within a drink within a drink

كأنّ يديه حاكت وجنَتيْه

كأنّ يديه حاكت وجنَتيْه

بنارٍ يَصْطَلي منها لُهاب

بنارٍ يَصْطَلي منها لُهاب

As though his hands matched his cheeks

As if his hands traced and his cheeks

In a fire from which a blaze draws warmth.

With a fire from which flames erupt

يَداه ثم وجنتُه وقلبي

يَداه ثم وجنتُه وقلبي

شِهابٌ في شهاب في شِهابِ

شِهابٌ في شهاب في شِهابِ

His hands, then his cheek, and my heart

His hands then his cheeks and my heart

Are a flame within a flame within a flame.

A flame within a flame within flames

إذا ما أكثر العُذَّالُ فيه

إذا ما أكثر العُذَّالُ فيه

وزاد عليّ ترديدُ العتاب

وزاد عليّ ترديدُ العتاب

When the reproachers speak at length about him,

When the critic increases in it

And repeated reproach grows heavier upon me,

And doubles my repetition of reproach

عداوتُهم وعذلُهمُ جميعاً

عداوتُهم وعذلُهمُ جميعاً

سَرابٌ في سَرابِ في سَراب

سَرابٌ في سَرابِ في سَراب

Their enmity and their blame, all together,

Their hostility and condemnation altogether

Are a mirage within a mirage within a mirage.

A mirage within a mirage within a mirage

لعَمْرُك إنما الدنيا عَروسٌ

لعَمْرُك إنما الدنيا عَروسٌ

جَلاها الغيثُ من تحت النِّقاب

جَلاها الغيثُ من تحت النِّقاب

By your life, the world is but a bride;

By your life, the world is only a bride

The rain has revealed her from beneath the veil.

Whose veil was lifted by rain

بَنَفْسَجُها ونَرْجسُها ووَرْدٌ

بَنَفْسَجُها ونَرْجسُها ووَرْدٌ

خِضابٌ في خضاب في خِضاب

خِضابٌ في خضاب في خِضاب

Her violets, her narcissi, and roses

With its violets, narcissi, and roses

Are dye within dye within dye.

Henna within henna within henna

فأَهْرِقْ من دم الإبريق راحاً

فأَهْرِقْ من دم الإبريق راحاً

فإنّ الغيث ممنوعُ السَّحاب

فإنّ الغيث ممنوعُ السَّحاب

So pour out wine from the ewer's blood,

So spill from the jug's blood exhilaration

For the rain is deprived of clouds.

For rain is forbidden from clouds

فإبرِيقي وكأسي والغوادي

فإبرِيقي وكأسي والغوادي

سحابٌ في سَحابٍ في سَحابٍ

سحابٌ في سَحابٍ في سَحابٍ

So my ewer, my cup, and the morning rains

My jug, my cup, and the valleys

Are clouds within clouds within clouds.

Clouds within clouds within clouds

فتَمَّ الشرب إنّ الصحَو عزمٌ

فتَمَّ الشرب إنّ الصحَو عزمٌ

وللنَّيْروز حظٌ في الشَّراب

وللنَّيْروز حظٌ في الشَّراب

So the drinking was complete; indeed, sobriety is resolve,

Drinking is complete, sobriety is resolve

And Nayruz has its share of wine.

And Nowruz has its share in drink

فرأيُك ثم شُرْبُك والغواني

فرأيُك ثم شُرْبُك والغواني

صوابٌ في صوابٍ في صواب

صوابٌ في صوابٍ في صواب

So your judgment, then your drinking, and the beautiful women

Your opinion, then your drinking, and the songs

Are rightness within rightness within rightness.

Right within right within right