1. ألا رُبَّ يوم لي ببُستَ وليلةٍ

    ولا مثل أيامثي المواضي بتُسترِ

    Ah, many a day and night were mine in Bust,

    and none like my bygone days in Tustar.

  2. غنيتُ بها أسقي سلافَ مُدامةٍ

    كريمَ المُحيّا من عرانين يشكر

    I dwelt there, serving the choicest aged wine

    to a noble-faced man among the chiefs of Yashkur.

  3. نُبادر شُربَ الراح حتى نهرَها

    وتتركنا مثلَ الصريع المُعفّر

    We hurried to drink the wine until we loathed it,

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

  4. فذلك دهرٌ قد تولّى نعيمه

    فأصحبت قد بُدّلَت طول التوقُّر

    That was a time whose bliss has passed away;

    so I grew compliant, given lasting composure instead [text uncertain].

  5. فراجعني حلمي وأصبحتُ منهج ال

    شرابِ وقِدماً كنتُ كالمتحيّر

    My good sense returned, and I became [weary of] the

    wine; formerly I had been like one bewildered.

  6. وكلُّ أوانِ الحقِّ أبصرتُ قصده

    فلست وإن نُبهتُ عنه بمقصر

    And at every hour I discerned truth’s straight course;

    so, even when reminded, I do not fall short of it.

  7. سأركضُ في التقوى وفي العلم بعدما

    ركضتُ إلى أمر الغويّ المُشهّر

    I shall gallop in piety and in knowledge, after

    I galloped toward the bidding of the notorious wayward one.

  8. وباللَه حولي واحتيالي وقوّتي

    ومن عنده عرفي الكثير ومُنكري

    And through God come my power, my resourcefulness, and my strength;

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