1. قد نزلنا بروضة وغدير

    وهجرنا القصر المنيف المشيدا

    We have camped in a meadow beside a pool,

    and forsaken the lofty, grandly built palace,

  2. بعريش تَرَى من الزاد فيه

    زُكْرَتَيْ خمرة وصقرا صيودا

    in a bower where, among the provisions, you see

    two leather flasks of wine and a falcon skilled at hunting,

  3. وغريرينِ يُطربان الندامى

    كلما قلتُ أبديا وأعيدا

    and two guileless youths who delight the drinking companions.

    Whenever I say, “Begin and repeat—

  4. غنياني يُغَنّياني بلحنٍ

    سلس الرجع يصدع الجلمودا

    sing to me!” they sing to me with a melody

    whose flowing refrain cleaves solid rock.

  5. لا ذَعرتُ السوام في فلقِ

    الصبح مغيراً ولا دُعيت يزيدا

    May I never startle grazing herds at the break

    of dawn as a raider, nor be called Yazid.

  6. حَيِّ ذا الزور وانهه أنْ يعودا

    إنَّ بالباب حارسين قعودا

    Greet this visitor, and forbid him to return:

    indeed, two guards are seated at the door.

  7. من يزرنا يجد شِوَاء حبارى

    وقديداً رخصاً وخمراً عتيدا

    Whoever visits us will find roast bustard,

    tender dried meat, and wine ready at hand,

  8. وكراما معذَّلين وبيضاً

    خلعوا العذر يسحبون البرودا

    and noble, much-reproached companions, and fair-skinned ones

    who have cast off their bridles, trailing striped cloaks.

  9. لست عن ذا بمقصر ما جزائي

    قَرّبتْ لي كريمة عنقودا

    I am not holding back from this—what is my reward?

    A noble woman has brought me a bunch of grapes.