1. Wednesday, its swordsman is well-known
When it comes, its evil is to be avoided

2. We anticipate it early in the month, if it goes
And fear it later, it does not go around

3. So come with us secretly to the cage of birds
Living in it is fresh and limited

4. We avoid misfortunes and harm
Experienced with those who hide, all-seeing

5. A house in the courtyard of the Tigris relaxes
The vile and the shy come to it

6. A bird in the air, so lightning moves
Below it, and doves fly

7. And when the cloud moves, robes
Are draped around its walls and curtains

8. So when the stars hide at dawn
It is the star that does not go down

9. It has only wine and liquor
And pleasures from its drunkenness and chirping

10. And talk as if it were thyme's flower
Beautiful or scattered pearls

11. And a wound from flirting dripping its
Scent from the wound and boiling pot

12. And for you is the frisky gazelle, if you wish
If you refrain from her, a frisky gazelle

13. So enjoy her daytime and spend the night, my lord
Marrying, and you are prince

14. All this for two dirhams, if you
Add more, you are the honored, abundant

15. He is a shaykh who saw leadership as
Any life but it is lies and falsehood

16. And it is injustice to blame Ali
While he is, in my view, excused in his deed

17. He left salt and trade in it
When he saw it as a trade that does not prosper

18. So complete joy with us unto him
If the day of joy is a short day