سَقياً لِمَجلِسِنا الَّذي جُمِعَت بِهِ

طُرَفُ الحَديثِ وَطاعَةُ الجُلاسِ

A drink to our gathering in which

Were brought together witticism and obedience in sitting

ظَلنا وَيَحيى كَالمُؤَمَّرِ بَينَنا

نُسقى وَنشرَبُ تارَةً بِالكَأسِ

Me and Yahya like leaders among us

We were given drink and drank at times from the cup

نِصفَينِ يَشرَبُ بَعضُنا مِن قَهوَة

صرف تُضيءُ كَشُعلَةِ المِقياسِ

In halves we drank, some of us from coffee

Pure which lights up like the flame of a lamp

وَالآخَرونَ عَلى النَّبيذِ عُكوفُهُم

شَتّانَ إِن قِسناهُما بِقِياسِ

And the others leaning towards the wine

Far apart if we compared them by measure

ثِنتانِ بَينَهُما الَّتي شَبَّهتُها

بِقَضيبِ آس بَينَ غُصنَي آسِ

Two between them which I likened

To a rod of myrtle between two myrtle boughs

ما كانَ عَيبٌ غَير أَنَّكَ لَم تَكُن

يا اِبن الذُّؤابَةِ مِن بَني العَبَّاسِ

No fault except that you were not

O son of Thu'ba of the Abbasids

وَإِذا ذَكَرتُكَ أَو عَليّا لَم أَزَل

حَزنانَ مِن كَمَد وَمِن وُسواسِ

And if I mentioned you or Ali I did not cease to be

Sorrowful from anxiety and from morbid thoughts