أقول لِلَّهْوِ والصَّهباء قد مَنَعتْ

أقول لِلَّهْوِ والصَّهباء قد مَنَعتْ

صَفْواً على رَغْمِ أنْفٍ للخَلِيعِ عَفَا

صَفْواً على رَغْمِ أنْفٍ للخَلِيعِ عَفَا

I say in jest, while tawny wine has withheld

I say to frivolity and youthfulness you have denied

Pure delight, despite the libertine’s nose, now worn away:

Purity despite the spite of a despicable one being pardoned

أغاب إبْلِيسُ مِن هذا المُصابِ لنا

أغاب إبْلِيسُ مِن هذا المُصابِ لنا

ما ذاك إلاَّ لِطُولِ العمر قد خَرِفَا

ما ذاك إلاَّ لِطُولِ العمر قد خَرِفَا

Has Iblis absented himself from this calamity of ours?

The devil has been absent from this affliction of ours

It is only that, through his long life, he has grown senile.

That is only because he grew senile with old age