1. كُنتُ في مَجلِسٍ فَقالَ مُغَنّي ال

    قَومِ كَم بَينَنا وَبَينَ الشِتاءِ

    I was at a gathering; then spoke the singer of the

    company: “How far are we from winter?”

  2. فَذَرَعتُ البِساطَ مِنّي إِلَيهِ

    قُلتُ هذا المِقدارُ قَبلَ الغِناءِ

    So I measured the carpet from me to him.

    I said, “This far, before the singing;

  3. فَإِذا ما عَزَمتَ أَن تَتَغَنّى

    آذَنَ الحَرُّ كُلُّهُ بِاِنقِضاءِ

    but when you resolve to sing,

    all the heat will announce its end.”