1. لي رفقةٌ تعجب إقبالهم

    حوارنا يصقل أفخاذا

    I have companions whose approach you marvel at.

    Our conversation polishes thighs.

  2. عادوا ببطيخٍ وقرعٍ لهم

    وعدت لا هذا ولا هذا

    They returned with watermelons and gourds for themselves,

    and I returned with neither this nor that.

  3. قد نبذوا الإنصافَ فاعجب لمن

    غدا بشهرِ الصوم نبَّاذا

    They have cast fairness aside—so marvel at one who

    became a habitual discarder in the month of fasting.