قُلْ لهَضِيمِ الكَشْحِ مَيّاسِ

اِنْتَقَضَ العَهْدُ مِنَ النّاسِ

Tell the scornful slanderer,

The covenant of people is broken.

يا طَلْعَةَ الآسِ التي لَمْ تَمِدْ

إلاَّ أَذَلّتْ قُضُبَ الآسِ

O rising of misfortune that extended

Only to humiliate the staffs of misfortune.

وَثِقْتَ بالكَأْسِ وشُرَّابِها

وحَتْفُ أَمْثالِكَ في الكاسِ

You trusted in the wine cup and its pourer,

While the like of you is destined for the cup.

وحالُ مِيمَاسٍ ويا بُعْدَ مَا

بينَ مغيِثيكَ ومِيمَاسِ

And the state of Mayyas, oh how far

Between your helper and Mayyas!

تَقْطيعُ أَنْفاسِكَ في أًثْرِهِمْ

ومَلْكِهِمْ قَطّعَ أَنْفاسِي

My panting breath among them

And their kingdom cut off my breath.

لابَأْسَ مَولايَ على أَنّها

نِهَايَةُ المَكْرُوهِ والبَاسِ

No harm, my Master, that they

Are the end of hate and harm.

هيَ اللّيالي ولها دَوْلَةٌ

وَوَحْشَةٌ مِنْ بَعْدِ إِيناسِ

They are the nights, and for them is decline

And loneliness after intimacy.

بَيْنَا أَنافَتْ وعَلَتْ بالفتَى

إِذْ قِيلَ حَطّتْهُ على الرَّاسِ

While youth turned away and rose above the lad,

It was said his glory settled on the head.

فَالْهُ ودَعْ عنكَ أحادِيثَهم

سَيُصْبِحُ الذَّاكِرُ كالنّاسِي

So leave him and stop talking about them,

The rememberer will become like the forgetful.