1. يا عَمرُو ردَّ عَلى الصُدورِ قُلوبَها

    مِن غَيرِ تَقطيعٍ وَلا تَحريقِ

    O Amr, restore to the breasts their hearts,

    without tearing them apart or burning them.

  2. وَزُرِ الثُرَيّا وَهيَ نَحنُ بِكَوكَب

    لَولا العُقوقُ لَقُلت بِالعَيّوقِ

    And visit the Pleiades—we are they—with a star;

    were it not for disloyalty, I would have said, “with Capella.”

  3. وَأَدِر عَلَينا مِن خِلالِكَ أَكؤُساً

    لَم تَألُ تُسكِرُنا بِغَيرِ رَحيقِ

    And pass among us cups drawn from your virtues,

    that have never failed to intoxicate us without wine.