لما تثنى ثملاً قلت لا

تمل فهذا الميل منقولُ

When you leaned back, drunk, I said "Don't tire,

for this inclination has been passed down."

وأنت تدري أن قول الصبا

في حركات الغصن مقبولث

And you know that what the morning breeze says

about the movements of the branch is accepted.