1. رَمَضانُ وَلّى هاتِها يا ساقي

    مُشتاقَةً تَسعى إِلى مُشتاقِ

    Ramadan has gone; bring her, O cupbearer,

    yearning, she hastens to one who yearns.

  2. ما كانَ أَكثَرَهُ عَلى أُلّافِها

    وَأَقَلَّهُ في طاعَةِ الخَلّاقِ

    How long it seemed to her devotees,

    and how brief in worship of the Creator!

  3. اللَهُ غَفّارُ الذُنوبِ جَميعِها

    إِن كانَ ثَمَّ مِنَ الذُنوبِ بَواقي

    God forgives all sins,

    if any sins remain.

  4. بِالأَمسِ قَد كُنّا سَجينَي طاعَةٍ

    وَاليَومَ مَنَّ العيدُ بِالإِطلاقِ

    Yesterday we were both prisoners of devotion;

    today Eid has granted us release.

  5. ضَحِكَت إِلَيَّ مِنَ السُرورِ وَلَم تَزَل

    بِنتُ الكُرومِ كَريمَةَ الأَعراقِ

    She smiled at me in delight, and has always been—

    the daughter of the vines—of noble stock.

  6. هاتِ اِسقِنيها غَيرَ ذاتِ عَواقِبٍ

    حَتّى نُراعَ لِصَيحَةِ الصَفّاقِ

    Bring her; pour her for me, with no ill consequences,

    until the cock's cry startles us.

  7. صِرفاً مُسَلَّطَةَ الشُعاعِ كَأَنَّما

    مِن وَجنَتَيكَ تُدارُ وَالأَحداقِ

    Unmixed, her radiance unleashed, as though

    she were passed around from your cheeks and eyes.

  8. حَمراءَ أَو صَفراءَ إِنَّ كَريمَها

    كَالغيدِ كُلُّ مَليحَةٍ بِمَذاقِ

    Red or yellow—her finest is

    like graceful women: each beauty has her own savor.

  9. وَحَذارِ مِن دَمِها الزَكِيِّ تُريقُهُ

    يَكفيكَ يا قاسي دَمُ العُشّاقِ

    And beware of spilling her pure blood;

    the lovers' blood is enough for you, cruel one.

  10. لا تَسقِني إِلّا دِهاقاً إِنَّني

    أُسقى بِكَأسٍ في الهُمومِ دِهاقِ

    Serve me only a brimming cup, for I

    am served a cup brimming with sorrows.

  11. فَلَعَلَّ سُلطانَ المُدامَةِ مُخرِجي

    مِن عالَمٍ لَم يَحوِ غَيرَ نِفاقِ

    So perhaps the power of wine will deliver me

    from a world that holds nothing but hypocrisy.

  12. وَطَني أَسِفتُ عَلَيكَ في عيدِ المَلا

    وَبَكَيتُ مِن وَجدٍ وَمِن إِشفاقِ

    My homeland, I grieved for you at the people's feast,

    and wept from anguish and concern.

  13. لا عيدَ لي حَتّى أَراكَ بِأُمَّةٍ

    شَمّاءَ راوِيَةٍ مِنَ الأَخلاقِ

    There is no feast for me until I see you with a nation

    proud and steeped in moral virtue.

  14. ذَهَبَ الكِرامُ الجامِعونَ لِأَمرِهِم

    وَبَقيتُ في خَلَفٍ بِغَيرِ خَلاقِ

    The noble men, united in their purpose, are gone,

    and I remain among successors without virtue.

  15. أَيَظَلُّ بَعضُهُمُ لِبَعضٍ خاذِلاً

    وَيُقالُ شَعبٌ في الحَضارَةِ راقي

    Will they keep abandoning one another,

    yet be called a people advanced in civilization?

  16. وَإِذا أَرادَ اللَهُ إِشقاءَ القُرى

    جَعَلَ الهُداةَ بِها دُعاةَ شِقاقِ

    And when God wills misery for towns,

    He makes their guides preachers of discord.

  17. العيدُ بَينَ يَدَيكَ يا اِبنَ مُحَمَّدٍ

    نَثَرَ السُعودَ حُلىً عَلى الآفاقِ

    Eid stands before you, O son of Muhammad,

    having scattered good fortune as jewels across the horizons.

  18. وَأَتى يُقَبِّلُ راحَتَيكَ وَيَرتَجي

    أَن لايَفوتَكُما الزَمانَ تَلاقِ

    It came to kiss your palms, hoping

    that through all time you two may never miss a meeting.

  19. قابَلتُهُ بِسُعودِ وَجهِكَ وَالسَنا

    فَاِزدادَ مِن يُمنٍ وَمِن إِشراقِ

    I greeted it with your face's good fortune and radiance,

    so it grew in auspiciousness and brilliance.

  20. فَاِهنَأ بِطالِعِهِ السَعيدِ يَزينُهُ

    عيدُ الفَقيرِ وَلَيلَةُ الأَرزاقِ

    So rejoice in its happy advent, adorned by

    the poor man's feast and the night of bounty.

  21. يَتَنَزَّلُ الأَجرانِ في صُبحَيهِما

    جَزلَينِ عَن صَومٍ وَعَن إِنفاقِ

    The two rewards descend on their two mornings,

    both abundant, for fasting and for giving.

  22. إِنّي أُجِلُّ عَنِ القِتالِ سَرائِري

    إِلّا قِتالَ البُؤسِ وَالإِملاقِ

    I deem my innermost thoughts too noble for warfare,

    except the fight against misery and destitution.

  23. وَأَرى سُمومَ العالَمينَ كَثيرَةً

    وَأَرى التَعاوُنَ أَنجَعَ التِرياقِ

    And I see that humankind's poisons are many,

    and see cooperation as the most effective antidote.

  24. قَسَمَت بَنيها وَاِستَبَدَّت فَوقَهُم

    دُنيا تَعُقُّ لَئيمَةُ الميثاقِ

    She divided her children and tyrannized over them—

    a world that betrays them, base in its covenant.

  25. وَاللَهُ أَتعَبَها وَضَلَّلَ كَيدَها

    مِن راحَتَيكَ بِوابِلٍ غَيداقِ

    And God has worn her down and foiled her schemes

    with a copious downpour from your palms,

  26. يَأسو جِراحَ اليائِسينَ مِنَ الوَرى

    وَيُساعِدُ الأَنفاسَ في الأَرماقِ

    healing the wounds of the despairing among humankind

    and sustaining breath in the last flickers of life.

  27. بَلَغَ الكِرامُ المَجدَ حينَ جَرَوا لَهُ

    بِسَوابِقٍ وَبَلَغتَهُ بِبُراقِ

    The noble attained glory when they raced toward it

    on swift steeds; you attained it on Buraq.

  28. وَرَأَوا غُبارَكَ في السُها وَتَراكَضوا

    مَن لِلنُجومِ وَمَن لَهُم بِلَحاقِ

    They saw your dust at al-Suha and raced one another—

    who can reach the stars, and who can help them catch up?

  29. مَولايَ طِلبَةُ مِصرَ أَن تَبقى لَها

    فَإِذا بَقيتَ فَكُلُّ خَيرٍ باقِ

    My lord, Egypt's wish is that you remain hers,

    for if you remain, every good thing remains.

  30. سَبَقَ القَريضُ إِلَيكَ كُلَّ مُهَنِّئٍ

    مِن شاعِرٍ مُتَفَرِّدٍ سَبّاقِ

    Verse has raced to you ahead of every well-wisher,

    from an unrivaled poet, ever in the lead,

  31. لَم يَدَّخِر إِلّا رِضاكَ وَلا اِقتَنى

    إِلّا وَلاءَكَ أَنفَسَ الأَعلاقِ

    who has stored up nothing but your approval, nor acquired

    anything but loyalty to you, the most precious of treasures.

  32. إِنَّ القُلوبَ وَأَنتَ مِلءُ صَميمِها

    بَعَثَت تَهانيها مِنَ الأَعماقِ

    Indeed, the hearts—whose innermost core you fill—

    have sent their good wishes from the depths.

  33. وَأَنا الفَتى الطائِيُّ فيكَ وَهَذِهِ

    كَلِمي هَزَزتُ بِها أَبا إِسحاقِ

    And I am, in your praise, the Ta'i youth, and these

    are my words, with which I stirred Abu Ishaq.