أَتَترُكُ لَذَّةَ الصَهباءِ عَمداً

مُخالَفَةً لِأَقوالِ المُعري

Shall I abandon willingly the pleasure of wine

Contradicting the words of al-Ma'arri?

وَإِلّا واثِقَ مِن غَيرِ شَكٍّ

بِما وَعَدوكَ مِن وَخَمرِ

Unless you are certain without any doubt

Of what they promised you of wine and liquor

أَبعَثُ ثُمَّ حَشَرَ ثُمَّ نَشَرُ

يَقولُ المُلحِدونَ بِلا تَحري

I will be resurrected and then assembled and then dispersed

The atheists say this without careful thought

نِعمَ هَذا الصَحيحُ وَما سِواهُ

حَديثُ خُرافَةً يا أُمَّ عُمَرِ

Yes, this is true, and anything else

Is nonsense, O mother of Umar