1. The wine played with his eyelids, so he woke
And smiled at us with delight from his eyes,

2. A moon sang softly, calm and bright,
Radiant, shining, and gleaming radiance.

3. His glances filled the eyes, though
His gazes filled the hearts with wounds.

4. Before I saw the cups in his hand,
I thought the suns were visiting us with drinks.

5. He said, bring the lamp closer, we'll drink
I said, what is this jest? Stand up and put out the lamp,

6. And take the morning, for the dawn is not absent
As long as my dawn is a morning for Syria.

7. Family, when she pastured them in his name,
The echo consoled the raven with her scream

8. He ruled the servants with Umar's policy,
Pleasing spirits and ghosts.

9. And he banished corruption from the country, so it flourished
And lived, and its yields doubled profits.

10. He says, as his cheek changed color,
Until his rose complexion resembled an apple:

11. "The minister is the minister of Jelq departing,
To fill another place with reform."

12. So I cried until I thought my tears would not stop,
The comfort that was taken away from it.

13. And I knew that righteousness in its absence
Became inauspicious for Syria and misfortune.

14. God knows that the day he went away from me
Became for the doves a weapon.

15. Since Jelq no longer beholds after its comfort
The keys to the doors of dew.

16. May God grant him well-being present
Or absent, and give him joys,

17. And return him like the moon after its setting,
Navigation prospering and shining.

18. Travel, O refuge of people, like a cloud
That makes dew turn and dispels sorrows,

19. To enrich all capitals with civilization,
Religion, progress and success.

20. So in every land you came to you have a raid
That stirs up the cowardly villain's cheeks with slaps,

21. And in every club you frequent, you are present,
As long as your generosity is a traveling companion.