عني فلم يبقَ امرؤٌ حاضرٌ

عني فلم يبقَ امرؤٌ حاضرٌ

إلا اشتهى لو سَرِبَ المَرْقَدا

إلا اشتهى لو سَرِبَ المَرْقَدا

He [apparently: sang], and not one man present remained

My eyes, no man remains in their presence,

who did not wish he could drink a sleeping draught [probable reading],

But for he wishes, were he struck down, to sleep.

لا طرباً منه ولا خِفّةً

لا طرباً منه ولا خِفّةً

لكن لكي يسكرَ أو يرْقُدا

لكن لكي يسكرَ أو يرْقُدا

not out of delight in him, nor out of lightheartedness,

Not from joy in them, or from their airiness,

but so that he might become drunk or fall asleep.

But only so he may get drunk or rest.