1. يا شيبتي اختضبي من الخمر

    ودعي الخضاب بخالص الخطر

    O my gray hair, dye yourself with wine.

    And abandon dyeing with the pure dye-plant.

  2. وتزوّدي يا نفس من طربٍ

    وتمتعي بفكاهة السكر

    And store up rapture, O soul.

    And delight in the merriment of drunkenness.

  3. وخذي من الدنيا التي وعدت

    بعد الممات بنوبة الدهر

    And take from this world what you were promised

    After death, at time’s turn.

  4. ودعي العذول على المدام فإن ع

    ما أراني الله في ستر

    And disregard the reproacher over wine, for [incomplete fragment: ʿ]—

    What God has shown me is veiled.