1. وَجهُ هَذا الدَهرِ باسِم

    وَبَشيرُ بِالتَهاني

    The face of this age is smiling,

    And heralds joyful tidings.

  2. فَأَدِرها يا نَديم

    خَمرَةً تُبري الكَليم

    So pass it round, O drinking companion,

    Wine that heals the wounded,

  3. بَينَ غِزلان الصَريم

    وَالأَغاني وَالغَواني

    Among the gazelles of the dunes,

    And songs and beautiful women.

  4. وَاِجل لي رَيّاً وَريم

    فَهُما نَيلُ الأَماني

    And unveil for me Rayya and Rim,

    For they are wishes fulfilled.

  5. حَولَ رَوضٍ وَغَدير

    وَرَشا أَحوى غَرير

    Around a garden and a pool,

    And a dark-lipped, guileless fawn

  6. يُخجِلُ البَدرَ المُنير

    يا لَهُ مِن غُصنِ بانِ

    Who puts the shining full moon to shame—

    What a bough of moringa he is!

  7. صاغَهُ المَولى القَدير

    وَبِهِ رَبّي بَلانيَ

    The almighty Lord fashioned him,

    And through him my Lord has tried me.

  8. إِن تَبَدّى أَو رَنا

    بَهَرَ العَينَ سَنى

    If he appears or casts a glance,

    He dazzles the eye with radiance.

  9. ريقُهُ عَذبُ الجَنى

    ما عَلَيهِ لَو سَقاني

    His saliva is sweet as fruit;

    What harm would it do him to give me

  10. رَشفَةً تُبري الضَنى

    وَتُداوي خَفَقاني

    A sip to cure my wasting sickness

    And calm my heart's fluttering?

  11. يا فَريدَ العَصرِ يا مَن

    جُمِعَت فيهِ المَحاسِن

    O peerless one of the age, O you

    In whom all beauties are gathered,

  12. جَيشُ صَبري فيكَ خائِن

    لِتَلافي قَد رَماني

    My army of patience betrays me for you;

    It has cast me into ruin.

  13. كُلَّ ما قُدِّرَ كائِن

    لِشُجاعٍ أَو جَبانِ

    Whatever is decreed will come to pass,

    For the brave man or the coward.

  14. يا عَذولي لا تَلُم

    هَكَذا خَطَّ القَلَم

    O my reproacher, do not blame me.

    Thus has the pen written.

  15. ذاعَ ما كانَ اِنكَتَم

    فاِمضِ وَارُكني نُعاني

    What was concealed has become known.

    Go, then, and leave me to suffer.

  16. أَنا في العُذلِ أَصَم

    خَلِّني أَلهو بِشاني

    I am deaf to reproach;

    Let me amuse myself in my own way.

  17. رُقَّ لِلصَبِّ الكَئيب

    يا أَخا الظَبيِ الرَبيب

    Have pity on the sorrowful lover,

    O brother of the hand-reared gazelle.

  18. لا تَبِعني يا حَبيب

    ظُلماً في سوقِ الهَوانِ

    Do not sell me, O beloved,

    Unjustly in the market of humiliation.

  19. أَنتَ دائي وَالطَبيب

    وَالرَدى نُصبَ عِياني

    You are my malady and the physician,

    And death is before my eyes.

  20. وَتلافَ ما مَضى

    بِالحَنانِ وَالرِضى

    And make amends for what has passed

    With tenderness and goodwill.

  21. وَاِطفِ نيرانَ الغَضا

    بِالتَلاقي وَالتَداني

    And quench the fires of saxaul wood

    Through meeting and drawing close.

  22. وَاِشفِ قَلباً مَرِضا

    قَبلَ أَن يُصبِحَ فاني

    And heal a sickened heart

    Before it perishes.

  23. زُر مُحِبّاً دَنِفا

    شَفَّهُ طولُ الجَفا

    Visit a lover sick with longing,

    Whom long estrangement has wasted.

  24. أولِهِ مِنكَ الصَفا

    وَوِصالاً مِنكَ داني

    Grant him your sincere affection,

    And union with you, close at hand.

  25. وَأَدِرها قَرقَفا

    مِن رُضابٍ وَأَواني

    And pass the wine around,

    From saliva and from goblets.

  26. وَاِجلُ راحي وَأرِحني

    بِعُقارٍ وَمَغاني

    And unveil my wine, and grant me ease

    With wine and songs.

  27. وَاِسقِني وَاِشرَب وَغَنّ

    ولدى شربي تَراني

    And give me drink, and drink, and sing;

    And as I drink, you will see me.