1. أزمَعَ الصّومُ مُؤذِناً بارتِحالِ

    بَعدَما رَدني بأسوأ حال

    The fast has resolved to leave, announcing its departure,

    After reducing me to the worst condition.

  2. وَحَلَى لي فيهِ التنسُّكُ حتى

    صِرْتُ فيهِ للسُّقمِ مثلَ الخلالِ

    And ascetic devotion grew so sweet to me during it that

    In it, I became, through sickness, like a toothpick.

  3. ما أظنِّي أرى الهلال إلى أنْ

    تَنظروني منَ الضّنى كالهلال

    I do not think I shall see the crescent until

    You see me, wasted away, like a crescent.

  4. يا نَديميَّ في العبادَةِ مَهْلاً

    ما بقي فيهِ غيرُ هذي الليّالي

    O my two boon companions, go gently with worship;

    Only these nights remain of it.

  5. يُؤجرُ المرءُ مِثلَما قيلَ كُرهاً

    فأمرِ النّفسَ فيهِ بالاحتمالِ

    A person is rewarded, as they say, even unwillingly;

    So command your soul to endure it.

  6. هَذهِ هذِهِ اللياليْ التي لو

    دَفَعَتني وَقَعْتُ في شَوَّال

    These, these are the nights that, if

    They pushed me, I would fall into Shawwal.

  7. إنْ تناسَيْتُما الحبيب لِبُعْدٍ

    فاذكروا اليومَ قُربَ طيبِ الوصال

    If you two have put the beloved out of mind because of distance,

    Then recall today the nearness of sweet reunion.

  8. فَسَيغدو السّحورُ بَعْدُ صبوحاً

    وَتُدارُ الشّمولُ بالأرطال

    The predawn meal will then become a morning wine-draught,

    And wine will be passed around by the ratl.

  9. نَظّفَتْ كلُّ غادةِ طرقَ ال

    فَلا تَقْلَقوا ل الحلالِ

    Every maiden has cleaned the paths of the ... [incomplete text].

    So do not fret over what is lawful.

  10. وكأنّ وَقَدْ دُفِعنا إلى الحا

    ن بَرِهطٍ في اللّهْوِ من أشكالي

    And as though we had already been driven to the tavern—

    —with a band of my own sort, at play.

  11. ذا يُغَنْي وذا يُبَشْلِقُ بالكفِّ

    وهذا في بابةٍ وَخيالِ

    This one sings, and that one claps his hands,

    And this one is in a play-scene and a shadow-show.

  12. فإذا ما سطت عَلَيْهمْ يدُ القه

    وةِ ثارَ الجميعُ للأختِلالِ

    And when the hand of wine assails them,

    They all rise up in disorder.

  13. فترى ذا في وجه هذا

    لثَ وهذا يَصيحُ ستّي تعالي

    Then you see this one in that one's face—

    [Unclear fragment]; and this one cries, “My lady, come!”

  14. آخِ أختِ مَنْ يقيسُك بالْظب

    يِ وذا ال في أمِّ الغزال

    Ah! The sister of whoever compares you to a gazelle—

    And this—the ...—in the gazelle's mother [incomplete text].

  15. بوهُ أحّاهُ ياسويدي تَرَفّقْ

    قد من

    Oh! Ah! O my little master, be gentle!

    Already ... from ... [incomplete text].

  16. وَينادي هذا وَحَقِّ عَليَّ

    العلقُ في البزالِ

    And this one calls out, “By Ali!”

    The leeches in the wine-tap [fragmentary text].

  17. طاقُ طرطاقُ الحقوه أمسكوهُ

    أحملونا جميعنا للوالي

    Bang! Crash! Catch him! Hold him!

    Carry us all to the governor!

  18. اتركوا عنكُمُ الخصامَ وَطيبوا

    هلْ جُمعْتُم للقَصْفِ أو للقتالِ

    Set quarreling aside, and be merry.

    Were you gathered for revelry or for fighting?

  19. أيش هَذي الفعالُ لا كانَ ذا العَيْ

    شُ وأُفّ لعِشْرَةِ الأنذالِ

    What are these antics? Away with this life,

    And fie on the company of scoundrels!

  20. يا مديرَ الكؤوسِ حثَّ الأباري

    قَ علينا مَلأَى من الجريال

    O pourer of cups, hasten the pitchers—

    —to us, full of red wine.

  21. أوْ تَرانا من سُكرِنا لم نُفَرِّقْ

    بينَ طُرْقِ الهدى وَطُرق الضلالِ

    Or do you think that, in our drunkenness, we have not distinguished

    Between the paths of guidance and the paths of error?

  22. يا نَديميِّ لا تخافا إذا أكثر

    تُما شُربَها منَ الإعلالِ

    O my two boon companions, do not fear, if you drink more—

    —of it, that it will make you ill.

  23. أتخافانِ عشرةً في زمان

    فيه شمسُ الضحى وبدرُ الليالي

    Do you two fear companionship in an age

    That has the forenoon sun and the full moon of the nights?