1. قيلَ ما بالُنا نَتِيهُ سُرُورا

    وتَرانا مِثلَ الغُصُونِ نَمِيسُ

    It was asked, “Why do we exult with joy,

    and why do you see us sway like branches,

  2. كَنشَاوىَ مِن فرطِ سُكرٍ تَهَأدَوا

    حينَ مالَت بجَمعِهِم خَندَرِيسُ

    like drunkards who staggered from excessive intoxication

    when aged wine made their whole company reel?”

  3. قلتُ هَذا لعَمرِي مِنَّا قَليلٌ

    كيفَ والطَّيّبُ المِريني عَرِيسُ

    I said, “By my life, this is little enough on our part—

    how could it be otherwise, when al-Tayyib al-Mirini is the bridegroom?”