1. سَقّياني فلستُ أُصْغِي لعَذْلِ

    ليس إلاّ تَعِلَّةَ النفسِ شُغْلِي

    Give me drink, you two, for I heed no reproach.

    My only concern is solace for the soul.

  2. أَأُطيع العذولَ في ضِدّ ما أَهْ

    وَى كأنّي أتَّهمتُ رأي وعَقْلي

    Shall I obey the reproacher against what I desire,

    as though I distrusted my judgment and my reason?

  3. عَلِّلاني بها فقد أَقبلَ اللَّيْ

    لُ كَلَونِ الصدودِ مِنْ بعدِ وَصْل

    Soothe me with it, you two, for night has come,

    like the hue of estrangement after union.

  4. وانجلَى الغَيْمُ بعدَ ما أَضحك الرو

    ضَ بكاءُ السّحابِ فيه بوبْلِ

    And the clouds cleared, after the garden had been made to laugh

    by the clouds’ weeping there in a downpour,

  5. عن هلالٍ كصَوْلجَانِ نُضارِ

    في سماءٍ كأنها جامُ ذَبْلِ

    revealing a crescent like a polo stick of pure gold,

    in a sky like a bowl of tortoiseshell.