هنيئاً مريئاً غير داء مخامِرٍ

مُواقعة الشَّبّوطِ للمتفرِّدِ

A bright welcome, free from the wine's affliction

Rivaling the youth in excelling alone

ولا تبعدنْ من أكلة سبقتْ بها

يدا سابق في حَلْبة المجدِ مبعدِ

And do not distance yourself from one preceded by

A hand preceding in the arena of glory, distancing

ولا كان في استبداده متعمداً

وما كنتُ في الإخلال بالمتعمدِ

Nor was he deliberately obstinate in his domination

And I was not deliberately violating

خلا أن هذا البخْتَ يجري مبلّداً

بصاحبه طوْراً وغير مبلَّدِ

Except that this luck flows innately

With its companion, sometimes and not innately

وينْدُر في الأحيان جِدَّ مُحَرَّرٍ

ويندر في الأحيان جِدُّ مُبَرَّدِ

And it rarely occurs very much liberated

And it rarely occurs very much relaxed

فبُعْداً له من طالبٍ مُتمنِّعٍ

وسُحْقاً له من راغب متزهِّدِ

So stay away O desisting seeker

And perish O contented aspirer

فلا يَبْعدِ الشبُّوطُ من متلبِّسٍ

ظِهارته الحسنى ومن مُتجَرِّدِ

So the youth does not distance from the well-dressed

His good appearance or the bare

إذا نَشَّ في سفُّوده عند نُضْجِهِ

وأخرج من سرباله المتوَرّدِ

When he smiles in his plumpness at his prime

And brings out from his cloak the well-tailored

فَتيٌّ رعى مَرْعىً بدجلة مُخْصِباً

أبى أن يراه رائدٌ غيرَ مُحْمِدِ

A young man who grazed a fertile pasture by the Tigris

Refused to be seen by any guide but the praised

إلى أن أصابته من الدهر نوبةٌ

وقد صار أقصى مُنيةَ المتجَوِّدِ

Until he was struck by fate's affliction

And had reached the end of the wandering

فأصدره الصَّياد عن خير مَوْرِدٍ

وأورده الشَّوَّاءُ أخبثَ مورِدِ

So the hunter removed him from the best creek

And theException: rendezvous brought him to the worst creek

وجاء به الحمَّالُ أطيبَ مطعَمٍ

إلى الطيِّب المِنْفاق غيْرِ المصرِّدِ

And the carrier brought him to the most delicious food

To the generous spending one, not the hoarder

ويا حبذا إمعانُنا فيه ناضجاً

كما جاء من تَنُّورِه المتوقِّدِ

And how excellent is our pleasure in it when ripe

As it came from its lit oven

وإني لمشتاق إلى عَوْدِ مثله

وإن كنتُ أُبدي صفحة المتجلِّدِ

And I long for a return to its like

Even if I pretend to turn a cold shoulder

فهل يا أخي من مِنَّةٍ بتغمُّدٍ

فما زلت تسْدي منَّةَ المتغمِّدِ

So O brother is there any reproach in covering up

You still perform the favor of the coverer

وإن تك عَوْدَاتي قِباحاً فلم يكن

لمعتادِهِنَّ الذنبُ دون المعَوِّدِ

And if your returns are ugly, it was not

The fault of their usual comer, besides the promiser

صفحتَ فعاودنا وطال دلالُنا

وكم مُسْتَذِمٍّ في ذُرا مُتحمِّدِ

You forgave so we returned and our flirtation was long

And how many repentants in the spinning of the praiser

فأنت شريكي في الذي قد جَنيته

وإن كنتُ عينَ الجارِمِ المتمرِّدِ

So you are my partner in what I have reaped

Even if I am the eye of the defiant trespasser

وقد أمَّلتْ نفسي لديك إقالةً

فهل ماجدٌ مستهدفٌ للمُمَجِّدِ

And my soul hoped for acquittal from you

So is there a glorious one targeted by the glorifier?

وكم قائلٍ في مثلها وهو طالبٌ

فهل ساقطٌ مستهدِفٌ لمفنِّدِ

And how many speakers in the like of it while seeking

So is there a fallen one targeted by the refuter?

وأنت امرؤ في ظل كل مُسَمَّحٍ

فَسَمِّحْ ونكِّبْ عن طريق المنكّدِ

And you are a man in the shadow of every permitter

So permit and ignore the path of the frowner

وإن لا تكن لي سيداً في إقالتي

فلي من أبي العباس أكرمُ سَيِّدِ

And if you are not my master in my acquittal

Then for me is the most generous master