1. أبا العبّاس كُفّ عن الملامِ

    ودع عنكَ التعمّقَ في الكلامِ

    O Abū al-ʿAbbās, cease your reproach,

    and leave off delving so deeply into talk.

  2. فقد وحياةِ مَن أهوى وتهوى

    أقامَ قيامتي شهرُ الصيام

    For, by the life of the one I love and you love,

    the month of fasting has brought my Day of Judgment upon me.

  3. أماتَ مجانتي وأبادَ لهوي

    وعطّل راحتيّ من المُدام

    It has killed my wantonness and destroyed my pleasures,

    and left both my palms idle, without wine.

  4. ولو أبصرتَني عند السواري

    أطوّفُ عند تأذين الإمام

    And if you saw me beside the pillars,

    roaming about at the imam’s call to prayer,

  5. علمتَ بأنّني عذّبتُ نفساً

    لها عادٌ ورسمٌ في الحرام

    you would know that I had tormented a soul

    whose habits and customs lie in what is forbidden.

  6. فكم لي ثمّ من تقبيلِ خدّ

    ومن عضّ ورشفٍ والتثامِ

    For how often there I have kissed a cheek,

    and bitten, sipped, and pressed lips to lips!