أَبا قَسِمٍ حانَ الرَحيلُ وَلا أَرى

أَبا قَسِمٍ حانَ الرَحيلُ وَلا أَرى

لِبائِيَّتي فيكُم نَوالاً وَلا أَجرا

لِبائِيَّتي فيكُم نَوالاً وَلا أَجرا

O Abu Qasim, departure is at hand, and I see

By Abu Qasim, it's time to leave, and I don't see

no gift or reward for my bā-rhymed ode about you.

Any reward or gain for my ode among you all

وَنَحنُ جُلوسٌ حَولَ وَردٍ مُضاعَفٍ

وَنَحنُ جُلوسٌ حَولَ وَردٍ مُضاعَفٍ

وَلَيسَت لَنا خَمرٌ فَبِعنا بِها خَمرا

وَلَيسَت لَنا خَمرٌ فَبِعنا بِها خَمرا

And we sit around double-petaled roses,

Though we sit by blossoming roses and drink no wine

and we have no wine; so sell us wine in exchange for it.

Sell us that wine, for it's time for us to be gone