1. أًما مُسْعِدٌ يَخْتَصُّني بِابْتِكارِهِ

    أَما لِي نَديمٌ فائقٌ مِنْ خُمارِهِ

    Is there no obliging companion to favor me with his early visit?

    Have I no drinking companion recovered from his hangover?

  2. لَقَدْ لاحَ ضَوْءُ الصُّبْحِ يحملُ رايةً

    يَشُقُّ جَلابيبَ الدُّجى عَنْ نهارِهِ

    The light of dawn has indeed appeared, bearing a banner,

    rending the robes of darkness away from its daylight.

  3. وَصَفَّرَتِ الأَطْيارُ بَيْنَ رِياضِها

    وَلَبَّى بِها القُمْرِيُّ صَوتَ هَزارِهِ

    And the birds have whistled amid their gardens,

    and in them the turtledove answered the voice of its nightingale.

  4. حَرَامٌ عَلى مَن لَم يَقُمْ من مَنامِهِ

    إِلَيَّ يُحَيِّيني بِكأسِ عُقارِهِ

    Forbidden to whoever does not rise from his sleep

    and come to me, greeting me with a cup of his wine.