1. A drink to our gathering in which
Were brought together witticism and obedience in sitting

2. Me and Yahya like leaders among us
We were given drink and drank at times from the cup

3. In halves we drank, some of us from coffee
Pure which lights up like the flame of a lamp

4. And the others leaning towards the wine
Far apart if we compared them by measure

5. Two between them which I likened
To a rod of myrtle between two myrtle boughs

6. No fault except that you were not
O son of Thu'ba of the Abbasids

7. And if I mentioned you or Ali I did not cease to be
Sorrowful from anxiety and from morbid thoughts