1. يا نَديمي أَطْلِقِ الفَجْ

    رَ فَما لِلْكَأْسِ حَبْسُ

    O my drinking companion, set free the daw-

    n, for the cup must not be held back.

  2. قهوة تُعْطيكَها قَبْ

    لَ طُلوعِ الشَّمْسِ شَمْسُ

    Wine, offered to you be-

    fore sunrise by a sun.

  3. وهي كالمِرِّيخ لَكِنْ

    هي سَعْدٌ وهو نَحْسُ

    And it is like Mars, but

    it is good fortune, and he is ill fortune.