فَضَضتُ عَنِ الدَّنِّ مِسْكَ الخِتامِ

وَرَاضَعْتُ شُرْبيَ بَعدَ الفِطامِ

I have abandoned the evils of worldly pleasures,

And weaned myself from drinking after infancy.

وَكَيْفَ ثُبُوتي علَى تَوْبَةٍ

وَقَد هَزَمَ الفِطْرُ شَهْرَ الصِّيامِ

But how can I remain steadfast in repentance

When my nature has defeated the fasting month?

وَلاحَ هِلاُل الدُّجَى قَادِماً

بَقَايَا مُحَيَّاهُ تَحْتَ اللِّثَامِ

The crescent moon of nightfall arrives

With remnants of its illumination beneath the veil.

فَقُمْ نَصْطَبِحْها سُلافاً لها

دَبِيبٌ تُسَارِقُهُ في الفِطامِ

So arise, we will receive it as a guest,

A creeping vine whose grapes we pick after weaning.

يطوفُ بها بَابِليُّ اللِّحاظِ

سَكِرْنا بِعَيْنيهِ قَبْلَ المُدامِ

The one with beautiful eyes circulates around it

We were drunk with his eyes before the wine.

جَنَيْتُ على خَصْرِهِ مَا جَنتْهُ

عَليَّ لَواحِظُهُ مِن سَقَامِ

I have won over his waist what his

Glances had won over me of illness.

صَبَوْتُ لَهُ وَزَمانُ الصِّبا

لَهُ في النَّضارَةِ عُمْرُ الغُلامِ

I poured for him while still in the days of youth,

For him in blossoming there is the age of a lad.

رَعَى اللَّهُ عَهداً مَضَى لِلشَّبابِ

وَإنْ لَمْ يُراعِ لنا مِن ذِمَامِ

May God maintain a covenant of youth now passed

Even if the reins are not held for us.

وَأَبقَى لنا خُلْدَكَ الفائِزيَّ

وأَبقَى بهِ طِيبَ ذِكرِ الكِرامِ

And keep for us your everlasting eternity,

And with it the good memory of generous men.