لا تلوموا خليفةَ الغرب في اللَهْ

لا تلوموا خليفةَ الغرب في اللَهْ

وِ فما غيره عزاء لنفسِهْ

وِ فما غيره عزاء لنفسِهْ

Do not blame the caliph of the West for his revelry;

Blame not the West's viceroy for God's sake

for nothing else brings solace to his soul.

For naught else comforts his weary soul

نظر الخطب وهو لا بد منه

نظر الخطب وهو لا بد منه

فتحاشاه في مجالس أنسِهْ

فتحاشاه في مجالس أنسِهْ

He beheld calamity, though there was no escaping it,

He saw the sermons as inevitable

so he shunned it in his gatherings of merriment.

So he shunned them despite their charm

ربما مثلت له الحببَ الكأ

ربما مثلت له الحببَ الكأ

سُ شهاباً فظنه بعض بأسِهْ

سُ شهاباً فظنه بعض بأسِهْ

Perhaps the cup made its bubbles appear to him

Perhaps wine seemed a comet to him

as a meteor, and he thought it part of his own might.

Which he thought part of his might