تَبَدّى عِشاءً هِلالُ الصِيامِ

بِنَحسٍ عَلى الكَأسِ وَالبَربَطِ

The crescent of fasting appeared in the evening

With misfortune over the cup and dice

فَكَم مِن فَتىً راحَ بَينَ القِيا

نِ نَشوانَ ذا فَرَحٍ مُفرِطِ

How many a young man went among the gatherings

Happy and exceedingly joyful

وَكانَ نَشيطاً فَلَمّا رَآ

هُ صاحِبَ هَمٍّ فَلَم يَنشَطِ

And he was lively, but when he saw

A companion of sorrow, he was not lively

وَأَعرَضَ عَنهُ كَما أَعرَضَت

فَتاةٌ عَلى الحاجِبِ الأَشمَطِ

And he turned away from him as a maiden turned away

With kohl on her eyelids