1. أَقَبِل عَلى اللَهوِ وَدَع من فَنَّدا

    وَحَلِّلِ الهَمِّ إِذا تَعَقَّدا

    Turn to pleasure, and leave whoever finds fault.

    And unravel sorrow when it becomes knotted,

  2. في رَوضَةٍ قَد خُرِّطَت زَبَرجَدا

    وَأُلبِستُهُ فَضَّةً وَعَسجدا

    In a garden fashioned of chrysolite.

    And I was clothed in it—silver and gold.

  3. وَاِشرَب عَلى الغَيمِ الرَقيقِ وَالنَدى

    ما دامَ سَبطُ الماءِ قَد تَجَعَّدا

    And drink amid the thin clouds and the dew,

    So long as the smooth water has curled into ripples.