سَلا القَلبُ عَمّا كانَ يَهوى وَيَطلُبُ

وَأَصبَحَ لا يَشكو وَلا يَتَعَتَّبُ

The heart has ceased craving what it once desired and sought,

And now complains and laments no more.

صَحا بَعدَ سُكرٍ وَاِنتَخى بَعدَ ذِلَّةٍ

وَقَلبُ الَّذي يَهوى العُلا يَتَقَلَّبُ

It sobered after intoxication and revived after humiliation,

While the heart that aspires the heights continues tossing and turning.

إِلى كَم أُداري مَن تُريدُ مَذَلَّتي

وَأَبذُلُ جُهدي في رِضاها وَتَغضَبُ

How long will I indulge one who seeks my humiliation?

I exert myself to please her yet she grows angry.

عُبَيلَةُ أَيّامُ الجَمالِ قَليلَةٌ

لَها دَولَةٌ مَعلَومَةٌ ثُمَّ تَذهَبُ

The days of beauty, O Ubayla, are few,

They have an appointed term then they depart.

فَلا تَحسَبي أَنّي عَلى البُعدِ نادِمٌ

وَلا القَلبُ في نارِ الغَرامِ مُعَذَّبُ

Do not think I regret the separation,

Nor is my heart tormented by the fires of passion.

وَقَد قُلتُ إِنّي قَد سَلَوتُ عَنِ الهَوى

وَمَن كانَ مِثلي لا يَقولُ وَيَكذِبُ

And I have said that I am done with love and longing,

One like me does not speak untruth.

هَجَرتُكِ فَاِمضي حَيثُ شِئتِ وَجَرِّبي

مِنَ الناسِ غَيري فَاللَبيبُ يُجَرِّبُ

I have left you, so go wherever you wish and try

Someone other than me, for the wise one experiments.

لَقَد ذَلَّ مَن أَمسى عَلى رَبعِ مَنزِلٍ

يَنوحُ عَلى رَسمِ الدِيارِ وَيَندُبُ

Indeed he who finds himself by night at a place of rest

Weeping over the ruins and lamenting has fallen low.

وَقَد فازَ مَن في الحَربِ أَصبَحَ جائِل

يُطاعِنُ قِرناً وَالغُبارُ مُطَنِّبُ

While he who charges with his spear in the battle by dawn

Piercing the enemy ranks as the dust whirls has succeeded.

نَديمي رَعاكَ اللَهُ قُم غَنِّ لي عَلى

كُؤوسِ المَنايا مِن دَمٍ حينَ أَشرَبُ

My friend, may God protect you, arise and sing to me

As I drink from cups of blood when I imbibe.

وَلا تَسقِني كَأسَ المُدامِ فَإِنَّه

يَضِلُّ بِها عَقلُ الشُجاعِ وَيَذهَبُ

And do not serve me the cup of wine, for by it

The mind of the brave is led astray and perishes.