أودَعْتُ نسجَ المِلَحِ

أودَعْتُ نسجَ المِلَحِ

ما شئتُه من مُلَحِ

ما شئتُه من مُلَحِ

Into the weave of wit I placed

I have entrusted to the weave of salt

whatever witticisms I desired.

Whatever salt I desired

فأُثْبِتَتْ خلالَهُ

فأُثْبِتَتْ خلالَهُ

محاسنٌ ما تنمحى

محاسنٌ ما تنمحى

Thus within it were fixed

And within it were affirmed

beauties that do not fade.

Beauties that do not fade

دارتْ به مُدامةٌ

دارتْ به مُدامةٌ

قد أودِعَتْ في قدَحِ

قد أودِعَتْ في قدَحِ

Wine was passed round with it,

A wine-bearer passed it around

having already been placed in a goblet.

It had been placed in a drinking glass

للهِ من مُغتَبِقٍ

للهِ من مُغتَبِقٍ

فيها ومن مُصطَبِحِ

فيها ومن مُصطَبِحِ

By God, what an evening drinker

By Allah, from one immersed in it

of it, and what a morning drinker!

And one receiving the morning in it

انْعَرَ يا ابنَ فاتحٍ

انْعَرَ يا ابنَ فاتحٍ

وهو نعيرُ الفرَحِ

وهو نعيرُ الفرَحِ

Shout, O Ibn Fatih—

Rejoice, O Son of the Opener

and it is a shout of joy.

While it is the camel of joy