ألم أُضْحِكْكَّ من خَبَري

ألم أُضْحِكْكَّ من خَبَري

وبيعي النومَ بالسَّهرِ

وبيعي النومَ بالسَّهرِ

Did I not make you laugh with my tale,

Did I not make you laugh with my story

and my trading sleep for wakefulness,

And sell sleep for wakefulness?

وجهلي كان في أَسَدٍ

وجهلي كان في أَسَدٍ

وليس الجهلُ من وطري

وليس الجهلُ من وطري

and my folly over Asad—

My ignorance was that of a lion

though folly is not my desire—

Ignorance is not my character

ونهي فتىً نهاني عن

ونهي فتىً نهاني عن

ه في صَحْوي وفي سَكَري

ه في صَحْوي وفي سَكَري

and the warning of a youth who warned me against

And I forbade a youth my forbiddings

him, when I was sober and when I was drunk?

From love, both awake and drunk

فقال أما تراه قا

فقال أما تراه قا

سياً أَقسى من الحجر

سياً أَقسى من الحجر

Then he said, 'Do you not see him as

He said: Do you not see him bowing

hard, harder than stone—

His head, harder than rock?

غزالاً صاد برذوناً

غزالاً صاد برذوناً

دعِ البرذونَ في سقر

دعِ البرذونَ في سقر

a gazelle that caught a packhorse?

A gazelle hunting an ox

Leave the packhorse in Saqar,

Leave the ox in Hell

وبادرْ شَقَّ حافِرهِ

وبادرْ شَقَّ حافِرهِ

وسيِّبْهُ معَ البَقَر

وسيِّبْهُ معَ البَقَر

and hasten to split his hoof,

And rush to split its hoof

and turn him loose among the cattle.'

And leave it with the cattle