نادَمتُ في الدَّيرِ بني عَلقَما

عاطَيتُهُم مَشمُوَلةً عِندَما

I reproached myself in the monastery of Bani Alqama

When I gave them intoxicating drinks

كأَنَّ رِبحَ المِسكِ في كأسِها

إذا مَزَجناها بِماءِ السَّما

As if the profit of musk in its cup

When we mix it with the water of the sky

عَلقَمُ ما بالُكَ لَم تَأتِنا

أَمَا اشتَهَيتَ اليَومَ أَنَّ تَنعَما

Alqama, what is wrong with you, why did you not come to us

Do you not desire today to indulge?

مَن سَرَّهُ العَيشُ وَلذَّاتُهُ

فَليَجعَلِ الرَّاحَ لَهُ سُلَّما

He who desires life and its pleasures

Let him make rest his ladder