وَنَدِيِّ أُنسٍ هَزَّني

هَزَّ الشَرابِ مِنَ الشَبابِ

The companion of joy intoxicated me,

The drink intoxicated me with youth,

وَاللَيلُ وَضّاحُ الجَبينِ

قَصيرُ أَذيالِ الثِيابِ

And the night with the bright forehead,

With the short tails of clothes.

فَقَنَصتُ مِنهُ حَمامَةً

بَيضاءَ تَسنَحُ مِن غُرابِ

So I hunted from it a white dove

That preens away from the crow,

وَالنورُ مُبتَسِمٌ وَخَدُّ

الوَردِ مَحطوطُ النِقابِ

And the light is smiling and the cheek

Of the rose veiled.

يَندى بِأَخلاقِ الصِحابِ

هُناكَ لابِنَدى السَحابِ

It inspires with the morals of friends,

There is no cloud over there,

وَكِلاهُما نَثرٌ كَما

نَثَروا القَوافي بِالخِطابِ

And both are a scattering as

They scattered rhymes in speech.

فَكَأَنَّ كَأسَ سُلافَةٍ

ضَحِكَت إِلَيهِم عَن حَبابِ

So it is as if a drinking cup

Of wine laughed at them from affection.