شَرِبتُ مِنَ الحُمَيّا ما سَقَتني

بِكاساتِ المُحَيّا ذاتُ حُسنِ

I drank from the wine as much as was poured for me

In cups by a beautiful and cheerful host

فَبانَ بِسَكرَتي صَحوي لِصَحبي

بِإِثباتِ الَّذي فيهِ مَحَتني

So my sobriety was revealed to my friends

By my intoxication with that which enthralled me

وَأَوجَدَني بِها عَدَمي وَجوداً

لِكُلِّ بَقاءِ حَظٍّ فِيَّ مُفني

And it made me find with it my non-existence as existence

For every lasting fortune in me is fleeting

وَحَيَّتني فَأَحيَتني بِمَوتي

بِنَشري طائِراً لَمّا طَوَتني

And it gave me life, so it revived me with my death

By freeing me, a bird, when it entrapped me

وَأَقصَتني وَقَصَتني وَمِنها

وَبِحُبِّ الحُبِّ في قَفَصي حَبَتني

And it narrated me and narrated me, and from it

And with love of love, it imprisoned me in my cage

دَجاجاتٌ دَجىً جاءَت إِلَينا

بِبَيضِ البيضِ في حَضَنٍ بِحُضنِ

Hens came cooing to us

With eggs in an embrace within embrace

لِديكٍ ما لَدَيكَ لَهُ وَمِن

هُ الأَذانُ أَزالَ عَنّي وَقرَ أُذُني

For a rooster, what you have, he has it and from

Him the call to prayer removed from me and deafened my ear

فَيا طَرَبي بِهِ طِربي إِلَيهِ

وَعَن عَينِ الغَلاةِ إِلَيكَ عَنّي

So my rapture with it, my rapture is to it

And from the eye of the transgressors, to you from me

فَلَو لِلعُرفِ مِنهُ شَمَمتُ عَرفاً

لَنِلتُ مِنَ المُنى أَقصى التَمَنّي

If I smelled an aroma from it for familiarity

I would attain the utmost of wishes from joy

وَلَو أَن الغُرابَ حَباكَ قَتلاً

أَعادَكَ طائِراً مِن بَعدِ دَفنِ

And if the crow loved you to kill you

It would restore you as a bird after burial

وَعُصفوراً ثَناكَ تُري المَنايا

صُقوراً لَم تَفُز مِنهُ بِمَنِّ

And if fate made you a sparrow

You would not escape from it as free hawks