1. أَلا رُبَّ يَومٍ بِالدُوَيرَةِ صالِحٍ

    فَكَيفَ بِيَومٍ بَعدَهُ لِيَ فاسِدِ

    Ah, many a fine day at al-Duwayra!

    Then what of a day after it that goes ill for me?

  2. صَلَلتُ بِها أُسقى سُلافَةَ خَمرَةٍ

    بِكَفِّ غَزالٍ ذي جُفونٍ صَوائِدِ

    I spent the day there, being served the choicest wine,

    From the hand of a gazelle with ensnaring eyelids,

  3. عَلى جَدوَلٍ رَيّانَ لا يَكتُمُ القَذى

    كَأَنَّ سَواقِيهِ مُتونُ المَبارِدِ

    Beside a brimming stream that hides no speck of debris,

    As though its channels were the backs of files.