1. لا تَرفَعَنَّ إِلَيهِم البَصَرا

    وَاِذكُر عِقابَهُمُ لِمَن سَهِرا

    Never lift your gaze toward them,

    And remember their punishment for those who keep vigil.

  2. نَم أَيُّها السالي وَلَيسَ بِتَغ

    ميضِ الجُفونِ عَلى السُلُوِّ كَرى

    Sleep, you who have forgotten love; yet closing

    The eyelids in forgetfulness is no slumber.

  3. وَإِذا سُئِلتَ عَنِ الغَرامِ فَقُل

    قَدَرٌ وَمَن ذا يَدفَعُ القَدَرا

    And if you are asked about passionate love, say:

    Fate—and who can ward off fate?

  4. رَجَعَ الفُؤادُ كَعَهدِهِ حَجَراً

    فَعَسى السَعادَةَ تَلحَظُ الحَجَرا

    The heart has turned to stone again, as of old;

    So perhaps good fortune will glance upon the stone.

  5. بُشراكَ إِنَّ القَلبَ كانَ لَهُم

    في غَيبَةٍ وَالقَلبُ قَد حَضَرا

    Good news for you! The heart, for their sake, had been

    Absent; now the heart has returned.

  6. فَاِدعو لَهُ العُذّالَ إِنَّهُمُ

    في طُرقِ مَن يَسلوهُمُ الخَفَرا

    So summon the reproachers for it, for they

    Are guards along the paths of those who forget them.

  7. قَدَحَ الزَمانُ الشَيبَ نارَ وَغىً

    وَأَظُنُّها لِلمَوتِ نارَ قِرى

    Time has kindled gray hair—a fire of war;

    And I deem it a welcoming fire for death.

  8. بَيضاءَ لِلبَيضاءِ تالِيَةٌ

    لَقَد اِستَطارَت نارُهُ شَرَرا

    One white hair follows another;

    Its fire has indeed spread in sparks.

  9. فَسَلا العَزائِمَ ثُمَّ زادَ بِهِ

    نَقصُ القُوى حَتّى سَلا الخَمِرا

    So it forgot its resolves; then there grew within it

    A loss of strength, until it forgot wine.