قَد آنَ مِنِّيَ تِرحالٌ وَلَم أَفِقِ

وَالسِكرُ يَفضَحُ في الرُكبانِ وَالرُفَقِ

The time has come for me to depart though I have not yet awakened

And inebriation reveals itself among the caravans and friends

قُل ماتَشاءُ وَلا تُرهِبكَ عاذِلَةٌ

إِنَّ النِفاقَ لَمَردودٌ إِلى النَفَقِ

Say what you wish and pay no heed to the blamer

For hypocrisy will surely return to the hypocrite

أَخبَرَتني بِأَحاديثٍ مُناقَضَةٍ

فَرابَني مِنكَ قَولٌ غَيرُ مُتَّفَقِ

You told me contradictory tales

So your words seemed inconsistent to me

ما خَضبُ رَأسٍ كَخَضبٍ في بَنانِ يَدٍ

وَحُمرَةُ الفَجرِ لَيسَت حُمرَةَ الشَفَقِ

The dying of hair is not like the dying of hands with henna

And the redness of dawn is not the redness of sunset

تَمضي الحَوادِثُ بِالحَوراءِ رائِعَةً

بَينَ الحَمائِلِ وَالجَوزَاءُ في الأُفُقِ

Events proceed with the beautiful maid

Between the carriers and Virgo on the horizon