دَعَوْنا الخَطيبَ أبا البركاتِ

لأكل طَعامِ الوَزيرِ الأَجَلّ

We invited the preacher Abu Al-Barakat

To eat the food of the eminent minister

وقد ضمَّنا في نَداهُ جِنانٌ

بهِ احتفَلَ الحُسْنُ حتَّى كملْ

And we included in his invitation some heavenly maidens

With whom beauty was celebrated until perfection

فأعْرَض عنا لعُذر الصِّيامِ

وما كل عُذرٍ لهُ مُسْتقلّ

But he turned away from us with the excuse of fasting

And not every excuse stands independently

فإن الجِنانَ مَحَلُّ الجَزاءِ

وليسَ الجِنانُ محلُّ العَملْ

For heavenly maidens are the place of reward

And not the place of work