أَبا حَسَنٍ لا حَسَّنَ اللَهُ حالَةً

تُحَوِّجُ أَربابَ الشَبابِ إِلى العُذرِ

Abu Hassan, may Allah not improve a state

That causes the youth to make excuses

وَلا مَن يُنادي نَحوَ نَهرٍ وَدَوحَةٍ

وَوَجهِ أَخي حُسنٍ يُقابَلُ بِالبَدرِ

Nor one who calls towards a valley and oasis

And the face of my brother Husn that equals the full moon

فَلا تَترُك الأَشغالَ طُرّاً وَتَرتَقي

إِلى أُفُقِ اللَذاتِ جَهراً بِلا سِرِّ

So do not leave your work hastily and climb

To the horizon of pleasures openly without secret

أَعِد دَعوَةَ اللُقيا عَلى مَسمَعي الَّذي

يَلِذُّ بِما أَودَعتَهُ دائِمَ الدَهرِ

Prepare again the call to meet on my hearing that

Always delights in what you have deposited, time everlasting

وَلا تَنسَ ذِكرَ الكاسِ فَهوَ كَمالُها

وَحَسِّن لَها الإِغفالَ مِن حِليَةِ الذِكرِ

And do not forget to mention the cup for it is its perfection

And do it the favor of neglect from the adornment of mention

بِها حُلِّيَت حالي وَمالِيَ عيشَةٌ

سِواها وَإِلّا فَالسَلامُ عَلى العُمرِ

With it my state and livelihood were adorned

Nothing else, otherwise peace be upon life

فَوَاللَهِ ما في الأَرضِ مَجلِسُ راحَةٍ

بِغَيرِ حُلى الراحِ الَّتي سَلَبَت صَبري

By Allah, there is no place of comfort on earth

Other than the adornment of comfort that robbed me of patience

سَآلَفُها إِلفَ العَتيقِ كِتابَهُ

وَلا أَشتَهي وَرداً سِواها لَدى الحَشرِ

Its habitual use is the familiarity of the vintage in its book

And I desire no roses other than it on the day of resurrection