اعزفا لي بلذة قينتيا

قبل أن يبكر المنون عليا

Play for me the lute with pleasure

Before death hastens upon me

قبل أن تبكر العواذل إني

كنت قدما لأمرهن عصيا

Before the maidens hasten, as I

Was formerly disobedient to their command

ما أبالي أراشدا فاصبحاني

حسبتني عواذلي أم غويا

I care not if the guides reprove me

My maidens reckoned me a wanton

بعد ألا أصر لله إثما

في حياتي ولا أخون صفيا

After I cease not to commit a sin

In my life nor betray a loyal friend

من سلاف كأنها دم ظبي

فى زجاج تخاله رازقيا

Of wine as though it were the blood of a gazelle

In a vessel, reckoning it my sustenance

بلغتنا مقالة المرء عمرو

فأنفنا وكان ذلك بديا

The saying of Amr has reached us

So we sniffed though that was ignoble

قد هممنا بقتله وبرزنا

فلقيناه ذا سلاح كميا

We resolved to kill him and went forth

And met him with abundant weapons

غير ما نائم تعلل بال

حلم معدا بكفه مشرفيا

Other than being asleep, feigning fatigue

Dreaming, his palm supporting his head

فمننا عليه بعد علو

بوفاء وكنت قدما وفيا

So we favored him, after superiority

With loyalty, and I was formerly loyal

ورجعنا بالصفح عنه وكان

المن منا عليه بعد تليا

And we returned, pardoning him, though it was

A favor from us upon him, after following