1. Ask about my sobriety, wakefulness, and intoxication
And about my seriousness and my ambition through time

2. Am I not, when I accompany the noblest of men
The most generous to those I quench and those who drink wine

3. I treat my soul to loyalty and its ways
And prevent it from abandoning and betraying loved ones

4. When my friends recover from drinking, I am not
Even if they hear me, shunning them

5. Neither my tongue nor my hands fear regret
And I make no excuse to the virtuous for my passion

6. I have experienced the ups and downs of good and evil in life
Aimlessly, and taken the easy path for glory and hardship

7. I am the son of Muiz al-Din, I build as he built
And resemble him secretly and resemble him openly