سقياً لأيَّام الصَّبا إذ أنا

سقياً لأيَّام الصَّبا إذ أنا

في طَلَبِ اللَّذَّةِ عفريتُ

في طَلَبِ اللَّذَّةِ عفريتُ

May rain bless the days of youth, when I

Quenching the days of youth when I

Was a demon in pursuit of pleasure;

Was a sprite in pursuit of pleasure

أصيدُ كالبازي ولكنَّني

أصيدُ كالبازي ولكنَّني

أَسْفِدُ كالعُصفورِ ما شيتُ

أَسْفِدُ كالعُصفورِ ما شيتُ

I would hunt like a goshawk, but I

I hunted like a falcon but

Would copulate like a sparrow as often as I wished.

Flitted like a sparrow at my leisure