وَإِنَّ نَديمي غَيرَ شَكٍّ مُكَرَّمٌ

لَدى وَعِندي مِن هَواهُ ما اِرتَضى

My boon companion, without doubt, is honored

In my presence, whatever he desires he has obtained

وَلَستُ لَهُ في فَضلَةِ الكَأسِ قائِلاً

لَأَصرَعَهُ سُكراً تَحَسَّ وَقَد أَبى

And I do not say to him, in offering the cup excessively

I will make him drunk to the point of stupor, though he refused

وَلَكِن أُحَيّيهِ وَأُكرِمُ وَجهَهُ

وَأَصرِفُها عَنهُ وَأَسقيهِ ما اِشتَهى

Rather I greet him warmly and honor his dignity

And divert the cup from him and give him what he craved

وَلَيسَ إِذا ما نامَ عِندِ بِموقَظٍ

وَلا سامِعٍ يَقظانَ شَيئاً مِنَ الأَذى

And when he sleeps he is not awakened

Nor does he hear anything harmful