1. I adore you if time is harsh and miserly
And makes amends by bringing us together

2. And helps us come closer to you and you feast
While curtains of modesty are lowered around you

3. Incline towards the company of the sincere and do not say
That I would ever incline towards other people

4. If you do not visit while the tents are nearby
With no screen but a tattered, patched cloak

5. How will it be when moving on is a must
And mounts are readied with gear and provisions?

6. For I had a blissful day, blessed by its clouds
Shining from its edges however much it poured

7. And on a blessed night, its lord serenades the lute
Happily while the full moon wanders in its hours

8. The youths passed around a drafted cup
And a messenger set out at a leisurely pace

9. We are now greeted by the drinkers’ toasting
One group being questioned, the other asking

10. Shad brought us the branch, telling of its straightness
A thousand that would stir if you shepherd it

11. It produces notes from the strings as if they
Were threads of twisted rope fraying and unravelling

12. He sweeps them with it from his throat, as though
Consulting them on what he should do

13. If he plucks the strings for the return they respond
With welcome and grace

14. Accompanying it with symbols as though they
Were a bereaved mother wailing and crying

15. When one relies on its company and calls
The like of it, pure and sincere, responds

16. For us, to the tune, dancers stood
Maidens in long flowing dresses

17. They wave in their palms something like
A cup in the palm of a relaxed pourer flipping about

18. When the dance shook their hips free
The braids sway, rising and falling

19. So leap towards companions who never ceased
To oblige them, the most graceful of those obliging

20. Such is life - not one who finds himself lord
In the morning and a beggar by dusk