1. ألا رُبَّ يوم لي ببُستَ وليلةٍ

    ولا مثل أيامثي المواضي بتُسترِ

    Ah, many a day and night I had in Bust!

    And none were like my bygone days in Tustar.

  2. غنيتُ بها أسقي سلافَ مُدامةٍ

    كريمَ المُحيّا من عرانين يشكر

    I dwelt there, pouring the choicest wine

    for a noble-faced man from among Yashkur's chiefs.

  3. نُبادر شُربَ الراح حتى نهرَها

    وتتركنا مثلَ الصريع المُعفّر

    We hasten to drink wine until we loathe it,

    and it leaves us like a fallen man covered in dust.

  4. فذلك دهرٌ قد تولّى نعيمه

    فأصحبت قد بُدّلَت طول التوقُّر

    So that was a time whose bliss has passed away.

    So I grew subdued, with lasting composure in its place.

  5. فراجعني حلمي وأصبحتُ منهج ال

    شرابِ وقِدماً كنتُ كالمتحيّر

    Then my good sense returned, and I grew weary of the

    wine; formerly I had been like one bewildered.

  6. وكلُّ أوانِ الحقِّ أبصرتُ قصده

    فلست وإن نُبهتُ عنه بمقصر

    And at all times I have discerned truth's right course.

    So I do not fall short of it, even if reminded.

  7. سأركضُ في التقوى وفي العلم بعدما

    ركضتُ إلى أمر الغويّ المُشهّر

    I shall race in piety and in knowledge, after

    having raced toward the notorious wayward one's command.

  8. وباللَه حولي واحتيالي وقوّتي

    ومن عنده عرفي الكثير ومُنكري

    And through God are my power, my resourcefulness, and my strength,

    and from Him come my abundant good deeds and my wrongdoing.