حَوَيتَ الحَمدَ إِرثاً وَاِكتِسابا

وَفُقتَ الناسَ فَضلاً وَاِنتِسابا

You encompass praise as inheritance and gain

And surpass people in merit and lineage

فَكيفَ رَضيتَ أَن أَشكوكَ يَوماً

وَأُغلِظ في الكِتابِ لَكَ العِتابا

So how could you accept that I complain about you one day

And harshly rebuke you in writing

أُزَجّي الكُتبَ مِن فَذٍّ وَمَثنى

فَلَستَ تُعيدُ عَن خَمسٍ جَوابا

I present books of the eminent and duplicate

Yet you do not respond back to five

وَأَحسَبُ عَدَّها بِبَنانِ كَفّي

كَذَلِكَ شَأنُ مَن عَمِلَ الحِسابا

And I count them with the palms of my hands

Such is the case of one who calculates

فَكَم أوليكَ وُدّاً وَاِعتِقاداً

فَتوليني صُدوداً وَاِجتِنابا

So how much are those you love and believe

That you turn away from me and avoidance

هَدَمتَ القَلبَ ثُمَّ سَكَنتَ فيهِ

فَكيفَ جَعَلتَ مَسكَنَكَ الخَرابا

You broke the heart then lived in it

So how did you make your residence destruction

فَزُرنا إِنَّ مَجلِسَنا أَنيقٌ

يَكادُ يُعيدُ مَنظَرُهُ الشَبابا

So visit us, our gathering is graceful

Its sight almost restores youth

يُقابِلُهُ بُخاريٌّ تَلَظّى

فَتَحسَبُ حَرَّ آبٍ مِنهُ آبا

It is met by steaming Bukhaari that

You'd think the heat of August comes from it

لَهُ تاجٌ يُريكَ النارَ تُجلى

وَتَنظُرُ لِلدُخانِ بِهِ اِحتِجابا

It has a crown that shows you fire lighting

And you see through its smoke concealment

فَوِلدانٌ تُديرُ بِذا مُداماً

وَغِلمانٌ تُديرُ بِذا كِتابا

Adolescents serve around wine with it

And young men serve around books with it

وَلَيلَتُنا شَبيهُ الصُبحِ نوراً

وَقَد عَقَدَ البَخورُ بِها ضَبابا

And our nights resemble the dawn in light

And incense has cast fog with it

كَأَنَّ ظَلامَها بِالشَمعِ فَودٌ

وَقَد وَخَطَ القَتيرُ بِهِ فَشابا

It's as if its darkness has affection for the candle

And the kindling is spotted with youth through it

وَيَرفُدُ ضَوءَ شَمعَتِنا غُلامٌ

لَها في اللَيلِ تَحسَبُهُ شِهابا

And a young man fuels the light of our candle

Which you'd think is a shooting star in the night

تَقاصَرَ دونَها قَدّاً وَقَدراً

وَجاوَزَها ضِياءً وَالتِهابا

It falls short of it in extent and pot

And surpassed it in radiance and kindling

إِذا اِقتَسَمَ العَقائِرَ مَن لَدَيها

جَعَلنا إِسمَهُ الشَحمَ المُذابا

When the devoted around it share sustenance

We make its name the melted fat

وَقَهوَتُنا مِنَ المَطبوخِ حِلٌّ

إِذا دُعِيَ الفَقيهُ لَها أَجابا

And our coffee from the cooked is lawful

If the jurist is called to it, he responds

تَجَلَّت في الزُجاجِ بِغَيرِ خِدرٍ

وَصَيَّرَتِ الحَبابَ لَها نِقابا

It glistened in the glass without sediment

And made the seeds a veil for it

وَلَمّا ساقَنا نَظمٌ بَديعٌ

يَسَرُّ النَفسَ خَطّاً أَو خِطابا

And when a fine prose captivates us

Pleasing the soul with lines or address

جَعَلنا الماءَ شاعِرَنا فَلَمّا

جَرَت في فِكرِهِ نَظَمَ الحَبابا

We make the water our poet so when

Its thoughts flowed, it Prosed bubbles

فَزُرنا تَكمُلِ اللَذّاتُ فينا

وَلا تَفتَح لَنا في العَتبِ بابا

So visit us, pleasures are complete with us

And do not open for us in reproach a door

وَلا تَجعَل كَلامَ الضِدِّ عُذراً

تَصُدُّ بِهِ الأَحِبَّةَ وَالصِحابا

And do not make contrary speech an excuse

To turn away loved ones and companions

فَإِنَّ الراحَ لِلأَرواحِ رَوحٌ

إِذا حَضَرَت لِدَفعِ الهَمِّ غابا

For the soul of souls is a spirit

When it appears to dispel worries, they disappear

وَمِثلُكَ لا يُدَلُّ عَلى صَوابٍ

وَأَنتَ تُعَلِّمُ الناسَ الصَوابا

And the likes of you does not indication correctness

While you teach people what is right