1. يا فتى الجصاص قد أع

    دمتني الإحسان دفعة

    O young man of al-Jassas, you have

    deprived me of kindness all at once.

  2. ولزمت الشح بالرا

    ح فما تسخو بجرعه

    And you cling to stinginess with

    wine, giving not even a sip.

  3. قد أتى العيد وصحوي

    فيه يا مولاي بدعه

    The feast has come, and my sobriety

    during it, my lord, is a heresy.

  4. أملي فيك قريبٌ

    ليس فيه لي منعه

    My hope in you is within reach;

    there is no hindrance in it for me:

  5. شربةٌ من خمرك الصا

    في ومن ندك قطعه

    a draught of your clear wine,

    and a piece of your nadd incense.

  6. ينبذ الحبُّ فيستنف

    ده الشعر برقعه

    Grain is brewed, then exhausted

    by poetry on a scrap of paper.