1. O cupbearer, pass around the wine to my companions,
And leave me thirsty, for in other than it is our pride.

2. And if you wish to achieve ecstasy with wine,
I have what suffices over the ecstasy of beating.

3. I refused passion for ages, but when I knew it,
I knew the obeyed command, the forgiven sin.

4. And the confusion of my heart are companions,
Who have reached that which is forbidden of my love.

5. They transcended virtue one day with the most loyal of virtues,
And they bent over the most beautiful spine with a spine.

6. And we reproached delirium in the twist of passion,
So they illuminated for the walking the sparkling of the plain.

7. And we embraced spears of the lance once,
With smooth hands more delicate than the spear.

8. And the gentleness of her limbs, her love took the place,
Of the core of my heart from the seed of the heart.

9. I was called by acceptance which my youth left behind,
And not all whose perfections are complete are youthful.

10. I was created as the Friend desired, determining for me,
descending upon my love for my companions.

11. And men blamed that I am not impressed,
So how strange! What does their impression benefit them?

12. And if I take pride in something I was given,
I would pride myself on the pride of kings among non-Arabs and Arabs.

13. My life from it in the position in which
My people envy me and my nation congratulates me.

14. And it made me ride the impregnable summits of every glory,
Inaccessible in expanse, protected from the west.

15. So in its manners is that spacious pasture,
And from its words that which ennobles my prairie for me.

16. And how the enemies struggled in what harms me,
But they did not frighten my safety nor shake my flock.

17. We were content with the world and you left us
Without resentment in this time and without blame.

18. You came and were not asked for any high price,
While before you were people who do not know gallantry.

19. We drank bitterness from them and they shunned
The frequented spring and the fresh drinking place.

20. And you did not attain it except by a right you came to,
While many attain greatness by usurpation.

21. I swear by the One for whom those who slaughtered on the day of their slaughter made a sacrifice,
And they did not hamstring the she-camels or their young,

22. And by the second twenty whose mount ties
Were at Arafat, seeking the pleasure of the Lord.

23. Indeed the pride of kingship attained what it desired of might,
Our garments reached the highest position from the clouds.

24. A young man who never ceased charging with impregnable honor
And wealth debased by nothing of plunder.

25. And easy affairs did not suit him to be dampened by its touch,
And it did not meet him except on a difficult mount.

26. The wealthy coveted his extent, but they
Only covet what the hyena covets from prey.

27. So by Allah are bygone days he traversed
Without boredom from them on top of rubble.

28. And no shade but what the spears shade you
And no provision but the wounding and striking.

29. You attack with a cane in your hand and behind it
Is the understanding that accomplished and judged more than the cane.

30. So your blade is not worn down by anything of grit,
And your fertility is not prevented by anything of barrenness.

31. And you sought long lifespans and attained them,
And nurtured until you attained what no nurturer attained.

32. And this feast continues to be followed by its like,
The alternation of different types of clouds over the soil.

33. Verily, who will help me of a friend I count
Upon thanking the blessings that came to me without earning?

34. The best of people undertook goodness by visiting me,
So he came with what in my view is an honor for my status.

35. And they did not know thankfulness for it and for its Lord,
So they did not teach us how to give thanks in books.

36. So if I fall short of thanking it with any work,
Then that is from the sin of eloquence, not my sin.