1. دَاوِ الخمارَ بِخَمْرَهِ

    وَصِلِ الصَّبُوحَ بِفَجْرهِ

    Cure the hangover with its wine,

    And join the morning draught to its dawn.

  2. وَاطْرَبْ لِفِطْرٍ زائرٍ

    أَهْلاً بِهِ وَبِزَوْرِهِ

    And rejoice at the fast-breaking feast's visit;

    Welcome to it and to its visitors!

  3. مَأْسُورُ آبٍ فَكَّ أَي

    لُولٌ لَنا عَنْ أَسْرِهِ

    August's captive was freed by September

    For us from his captivity.

  4. يَأْتِي كمَعْشُوق محا

    بِالْوَصْلِ أَسْطُرَ هَجْرِهِ

    He comes like a beloved who erased,

    Through reunion, the lines of his estrangement.

  5. يا لَيْلَتِي بِالقَفْصِ جا

    دَ لَكِ الْعَذُولُ بِعُذْرِهِ

    O my night at al-Qafṣ—how freely

    The reproacher granted you his pardon,

  6. لَمَّا رَأَى رَشَأ يُذِي

    بُ الْعَقْلَ ذائِبُ تبْرِهِ

    When he saw a gazelle who melts

    The mind with his molten gold,

  7. مُتَمَرِّداً في سُكْرِهِ

    مُتَمايِلاً فِي خَطْرِهِ

    Defiant in his drunkenness,

    Swaying as he struts,

  8. كَالْبَدْرِ إلاَّ أَنَّهُ

    بَدْرٌ لِسائِرِ شَهْرِهِ

    Like the full moon, except that he

    Is a full moon all his month long.

  9. فَشَرِبْتُ خَمْرَةَ كَأْسِهِ

    وَرَشَفْتُ خَمْرَةَ ثَغْرِهِ

    So I drank the wine of his cup,

    And sipped the wine of his lips.

  10. وَوَشا إلَيَّ بِبَذْلِهِ

    زُنَّارُهُ فِي خَصْرِهِ

    And his generosity was whispered to me

    By the girdle at his waist.