لو أنَّ عذري يا لاح لاحْ

مَا كنتُ عن سكريَ يا صاحِ صاحْ

If my excuse, O companion, were accepted

I would not refrain from my intoxication, O reveler

وما شفائي وسقامي سوى

لواحظ الغيدِ المراض الصحاحْ

And my remedy and my illness are but

The glances of the slender one, whether sick or healthy