1. كلوا واشربوا في عيدكم وتمتّعوا

    فها أنا عارٍ ما عليّ لباس

    Eat and drink on your feast day, and enjoy yourselves.

    Yet here I am naked, with no clothing upon me.

  2. أبي وأبوكم آدم غير أنكم

    حظيتم به دوني فليس مساس

    Adam is my father and yours, except that you

    have been favored through him, unlike me—so there is no contact.

  3. يسرّ أناسٌ بالغنى يوم عيدهم

    وتحزنُ بالفقر المبرّح ناسُ

    Some people are gladdened by wealth on their feast day,

    and others are saddened by crushing poverty.

  4. كذاك زمان المرء خصب وخيبة

    وليس على صرف الزمان قياس

    Such is a person's life: abundance and disappointment,

    and there is no rule for time's vicissitudes.

  5. كلوا واطعمونا قبل تغيير حالنا

    بكرّ الليالي والنوازل كاس

    Eat and feed us before our condition is changed

    by a cup, as nights and calamities return.