1. Show your hair to the ruins and the deserted wilderness,
For too long has your wine description burdened me,
١. أَعِر شِعرَكَ الأَطلالَ وَالدِمَّنَ القَفرا
فَقَد طالَ ما أَزرى بِهِ نَعتُكَ الخَمرا
2. A tyrant calls me to describe curls,
My arms too narrow to allow him anything,
٢. دَعاني إِلى نَعتِ الطُلولِ مُسَلَّطٌ
تَضيقُ ذِراعي أَن أَجوزَ لَهُ أَمراً
3. Obedience to the Commander of the Faithful I hear and obey,
Even if you have made me ride a difficult and bumpy conveyance.
٣. فَسَمعٌ أَميرَ المُؤمِنينَ وَطاعَةٌ
وَإِن كُنتَ قَد جَشَّمتَني مَركَباً وَعرا