يا صاحِ قَد صاحَ الحَمامُ وَغَرَّدا

دَع في المُدامِ وَشُربِهِا مُن فَنَّدا

O friend, the doves have cooed and warbled,

Leave the wine and drinking it, you who have wandered.

أَو ما تَرى شَجرَ الخَريفِ كَأَنَّما

أَوراقَهُ ذَهَبٌ وَكُنَّ زَبَرجَدا

Or don't you see the autumn trees as if

Their leaves were gold and sapphires?

وَالكَأسُ تُعطيها لُجيناً كُلَّما

غُنّيتَ مِن طَرَبِ وَتَأخُذُ عَسجَدا

The cup gives you madness whenever

You sing joyfully and fall into ecstasy.

مِن كَفِّ أَبلَجَ كَالصَباحِ مُهَفهَفٍ

فَضَحَ الغُصونَ رَشاقَةً وَتَأَوُّدا

From the hand of a beauty, bright like the dawn, fluttering,

Who has adorned the branches with grace and affection.

عَبَثَ العُقارُ بِعَينِهِ فَتَنَرجَسَت

أَجفانُها وَبِخَدِّهِ فَتَوَرَّدا

The kohl played with her eyes, so they fluttered

And blush spread over her cheeks.

قَمَرٌ يَغيبُ إِذا بَدَأَت مَلالَةً

وَأَغيبُ مِن حَذرِ الوُشاةِ إِذا بَدا

A moon that hides when melancholy begins

And I hide from the spies when it appears.

نادَيتُ طَرَّتَهُ وَضَوءَ جَبينِهِ

سُبحانَ مَن قَرَنِ الضَلالَةَ بِالهُدى

I called its flightiness and the light of its forehead,

Glory to Him who paired misguidance with guidance!