يا أَخاً لا يُمِرُّ حُلوَ الإِخاءِ

بِهِجاءٍ مِنهُ وَلا إِقصاءِ

O brother, let not the sweetness of brotherhood

Pass with neither joy nor estrangement from you.

وَالَّذي راحَ ذا سَناً وَثَناءِ

وَغَدا ذا فُتُوَّةٍ وَفَتاءِ

By the one who lived gloriously only to decay,

And awoke vigorous and bold,

وَالَّذي شادَ مَجدَهُ بِالمَساعي

في عِراصِ الفَخارِ وَالعَلياءِ

Who built his glory with great deeds

Among the nobles and the lofty ones,

بِيَ فَقرٌ إِلى المُدامِ وَإِن لَم

أَكُ مِمَّن يُعَدُّ في الفُقَراءِ

I am needful of wine though I am not

Counted among the impoverished,

فَصُنِ اليَومَ وَجهَ قَصدي وَإِلّا

لَم أَصُن عَن سِواكَ وَجهُ ثَنائي

Guard for me today the object of my quest, or else

I will not guard from others my words of praise.

بِسَلافٍ إِذا ذَوى رَوضُ عَيشٍ

أَنبَتَت فيهِ زَهرَةَ السَرّاءِ

With conviviality, when the garden of life flourishes,

The flower of bliss blooms in it.

كُلَّما صُفِّقَت حَكَت لِلنَدامى

ذَهَباً تَحتَ فَضَّةٍ بَيضاءِ

Whenever she clapped, she would tell the repentant

Of gold beneath white silver.

سَيَما وَالسَماءُ تَجلو عَلَينا

نَفسَها في غِلالَةٍ دَكناءِ

Especially as the sky clears upon us

Its darkness in shadows,

وَالرُبى في مَعارِقِ النَبتِ تَبدو

في خَلوقِيَّةٍ وَفي صَفراءِ

And the pastures in the meadows appear

In the green and the yellow,

فَتَفَضَّل بِما تَيَسَّرَ مِنها

فَوَنُعماكَ ما عَداكَ رَجائي

So favor me with what you can spare,

For except for you my hopes are naught.