1. He throws but I do not waver,
And I say what he intends,
١. يَرمي فلا أتحيَّدُ
وأقولُ ما يتعمَّدُ
2. So I make your excuse before reproach -
My own and yours halts.
٢. فأقيمُ عذركَ عند عُذ
ذالي وعذرُك يَقعُدُ
3. And we guess from you insinuations -
Is it a rebel or a slackard?
٣. ونحسُّ منكَ وساوساً
أفماردٌ أم أمرَدُ
4. Do not distance yourself, for distance
Does not, but the separater distances.
٤. لا تبعُدنَّ فما بعِد
ت بل المفارق يبعَدُ
5. They said jihad, so I said what
I left behind is more intense and exhausting.
٥. قالوا الجهاد فقلت ما
خَلفي أشدّ وأجهَدُ
6. I left behind me a beloved
Whose cups keep going around.
٦. خلَّفتُ خلفيَ مقلةً
كاساتُها تتردَّدُ
7. I drink them while the
Cupbearer makes them overflow.
٧. إني لأشربُهنَّ والس
ساقي بهنَّ يُعربدُ
8. And when I get drunk, with it is
Coolness with which I cool down.
٨. وإذا خَمِرتُ فعندَه
بردٌ به أتبرَّدُ
9. The lute is most beloved to me, but
The devoted Muhammad refused it
٩. والعَودُ أحمدُ لي ول
كن عاقَ عنه محمدُ
10. Due to manners forgotten for its
Gentleness by the happy beloved.
١٠. بخلائِق يُنسى لرق
قَتها الحبيبُ المسعدُ
11. And a dew tomorrow is miserable company
For him, and excellent is the destination.
١١. وندىً غدا بئسَ الخَلي
طُ له ونعم المقصدُ
12. I carried his hands for his generosity
What my hands do not carry.
١٢. حملت يداه لجوده
ما ليس تحمله يدُ
13. And favors are as if
They originate from his palm.
١٣. والمَكرُمات كأنها
من كفِّه تتولدُ
14. Knowing that money is vanishing
And praise immortalizing.
١٤. علماً بأنَّ المال يف
ني والثناءُ مخلدُ
15. Against a habit I preceded, and for the
Human what he gets accustomed to.
١٥. عن عادةٍ سلفت ولل
إنسانِ ما يتعودُ
16. And Abu Al-Maali is denier
And Abu Al-Maali testifies.
١٦. وأبو المعالي منكر
وأبو المعالي يشهدُ