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We invited the preacher Abu Al-Barakat

دعونا الخطيب أبا البركات

1. We invited the preacher Abu Al-Barakat
To eat the food of the eminent minister

١. دَعَوْنا الخَطيبَ أبا البركاتِ
لأكل طَعامِ الوَزيرِ الأَجَلّ

2. And we included in his invitation some heavenly maidens
With whom beauty was celebrated until perfection

٢. وقد ضمَّنا في نَداهُ جِنانٌ
بهِ احتفَلَ الحُسْنُ حتَّى كملْ

3. But he turned away from us with the excuse of fasting
And not every excuse stands independently

٣. فأعْرَض عنا لعُذر الصِّيامِ
وما كل عُذرٍ لهُ مُسْتقلّ

4. For heavenly maidens are the place of reward
And not the place of work

٤. فإن الجِنانَ مَحَلُّ الجَزاءِ
وليسَ الجِنانُ محلُّ العَملْ