1. We drank from a flask, my companion
Affection in the past without any ill

2. Except an old covenant already fulfilled
With understanding devoid of any wrong

3. So it was not found wasted with him
But he protected it, protecting fine pearls

4. And adorned it with pure sincerity
As embellished poems with excellent meter

5. He tended it without making its meadows barren
With a branding of intimacy and loyalty

6. So it sprouted flowers in serenity
Flourishing with the advice of a sincere intimate

7. May God reward him well, for he is deserving
Of the abundant goodness of the Most High

8. And dealt with Him in what pleases His Loftiness
A Loftiness none but the Sublime pleases

9. Thus that man, and he is a sincere ally
Truthfully deserves to be congratulated