1. Shorten the day with a cup, pour for the one
Who avoids it and rises unceasingly

2. That is the fire of passion, whoever is inflamed by it
Burns with warmth in precarious times

3. And this gentle breeze blew
With debris of affections in a tender wind

4. A grape juice is sipped
And dates picked ripe and fresh

5. In the dark of night coffee passes
And the presser of grapes squeezes

6. Does the vintner ferment wine in its casks
While the desirous sipper sips insistently

7. Live pure of reputation, leave it
And when dead, you’re to mercy delivered

8. Our friend performed Hajj without ritual purity
Like a loved one performed Hajj the year of Muntasir