ومنادمٍ لم أرضَ من أشري

ومنادمٍ لم أرضَ من أشري

فندمتُ اذ اصبحتُ غيرَ شريبه

فندمتُ اذ اصبحتُ غيرَ شريبه

A boon companion whom, in my caprice, I could not abide—

And a drinking companion with whom, in my arrogance, I was not content—

With drinking companions I have not enjoyed,

then I regretted it when I found myself no longer his fellow-drinker.

So I regretted it when I was no longer his drinking companion.

So I regret when I become other than his drinking companion,

يا ليت ما ألقاهُ مِن أرقي به

يا ليت ما ألقاهُ مِن أرقي به

وسهاديَ انفردا بَعينِ رقيبهِ

وسهاديَ انفردا بَعينِ رقيبهِ

If only the sleeplessness I suffer because of him

Would that the sleeplessness I suffer over him

Oh, would that I had not met whom I met,

and my long wakefulness were confined to his watchman’s eye.

And my wakefulness were both confined to his watcher's eye alone!

My pillow and I were left to the watch of his keeper.