1. أزفَ الصيّامُ وَزارَ نورُ النَرجَسِ

    فَلَقيتُ زَورَتَهُ بِحَثّ الأكؤُسِ

    Fasting drew near, and the narcissus blossom came visiting.

    So I greeted its visit by urging the goblets on.

  2. في لَيلَةٍ دارَت عَليّ نُجومُها

    حَتّى سَكِرتُ بِكَفّ قوت الأَنفُسِ

    On a night whose stars circled above me,

    Until I grew drunk at the hand of Qut al-Anfus.

  3. خَودٌ تَمَلَّكَتِ الفُؤادَ فَريدَةً

    بِنَدى الثَنايا وَالمُحَيّا المُشمِسِ

    A lovely maiden who possessed my heart, peerless

    In the dew of her front teeth and her sun-bright face.

  4. وَجَعَلتُ نَقلي ذكرَ موصل زفرَتي

    فَجَمَعتُ أَشتاتَ المُنى في مَجلِسي

    And for my relish I chose remembrance of the one who made me sigh;

    Thus I gathered scattered wishes together in my gathering.

  5. وَلَقَد ذَكرتُ فُرادَ عَيني قُرّةً

    هول السبال وَخِزي رَبّ البُرنُسِ

    And indeed I recalled—[word unclear]—a delight to my eye:

    The terror of the mustaches and the disgrace of the master of the hooded cloak.