1. هاتي الذهَبيّا

    لِتَروقَ النَفس

    Bring the golden wine,

    To soothe the soul,

  2. قَبلَ المَنيّا

    يا حَبيب الأُنس

    Before death,

    O beloved companion.

  3. كَيفَ السويا

    كَيفَ الانحباس

    How can one be well? [Reading uncertain.]

    How can one stay confined?

  4. أَرِني الحِيَلا

    إِلى القاصِرات

    Show me the stratagems

    To reach the modest-eyed maidens.

  5. رَوضُ الرَبيع

    تَحُلُّهُ الأَزهار

    The garden of spring—

    Flowers dwell within it—

  6. حلوٌ بَديع

    زانَهُ الأَنوار

    Is sweet and wondrous;

    Lights have adorned it.

  7. صارَ في تَنويعِ

    كَأسٌ وَالعُقار

    It has become varied:

    A cup and wine.

  8. نَغتَبِق لَيلا

    خيفَةَ الوُشاة

    We drink wine by night,

    For fear of tale-bearers.

  9. قَلبي مُضنى

    مِن ظَبي الصَريم

    My heart is ailing

    From the gazelle of the sands.

  10. زادَتني المِحنى

    اشفي يا نَديم

    Trials have added to my pain;

    Heal me, O drinking companion.

  11. ثُمَّ أَرحنا

    جِسمي السَقيم

    Then grant us rest.

    My sickly body

  12. صارَ عَليلا

    كَيفَ المَمات

    Has grown ailing.

    What is death like?

  13. زَينُ الخَدّ

    زانَهُ العِذار

    The fair-cheeked one—

    Down has adorned him—

  14. صار كالوَرد

    يَسقني العُقار

    Has become like a rose.

    He gives me wine;

  15. مَزَجَ الشَهد

    فَدَعني يا خَمّار

    He has mixed in honey.

    So let me, O wine-seller,

  16. مِنهُ طَويلا

    يَسطى بِالثِقات

    Drink of it a long while.

    It overpowers the trustworthy.

  17. نُطرِدَ الهَمّ

    بإِحتِساء راح

    Let us drive sorrow away

    By sipping wine

  18. تُذهِبُ السقم

    فَاِصطَبِح يا صاح

    That banishes sickness.

    So take your morning wine, my friend,

  19. وَأَقِلّ النَوم

    وَاِغنَمِ الأفراح

    And sleep less,

    And seize the joys

  20. عِندَ تَحويلا

    قاطِعَ اللَذات

    At the change wrought by

    The severer of pleasures.

  21. نَحو عباب

    زَرَدَ النَسيم

    Toward a surging sea:

    The breeze wove, like chain mail,

  22. مِنهُ أَثواب

    شارِداتُ الريم

    Garments from it.

    Wandering white gazelles—

  23. فيهِ أَتراب

    حسن النَعيم

    Within it are companions of like age.

    The beauty of bliss

  24. حَفَّهُ لَيلا

    بَعدَ الميقات

    Enfolded it by night,

    After the appointed time.

  25. أَينَ التماس

    لِيأتي شخوص

    Where is the seeking,

    So that figures may come?

  26. أَضحو الجلاس

    امكث وَأَجوص

    The seated company spent the morning. [Reading uncertain.]

    Stay, and I shall roam.

  27. أَينَ الخناس

    أَينَ الخندريس

    Where is the slinking one?

    Where is the aged wine,

  28. وَالسَلسَبيلا

    اغنم اللَذات

    And Salsabil?

    Seize the pleasures

  29. حول بستان

    زانه

    Around a garden

    That he adorned

  30. مع غزلان

    النَبيل

    With the gazelles

    Of the noble one.

  31. عِندي سان

    غصنه الأَميل

    With me is sān [unclear],

    Its most inclined bough.

  32. غني يا ليلا

    أَينَ النَجاة

    Sing, O Layla.

    Where is deliverance?

  33. أَينَ الأَنيس

    أَينَ مَن يَقول

    Where is the companion?

    Where is the one who says,

  34. ذاكَ خَميس

    فَهوَ عِندَ القَول

    "That is Khamis"?

    For when he speaks,

  35. مِثلَ قِسِّيس

    أَحمَدَ يَصول

    He is like a priest.

    Ahmad charges forth.

  36. كَيفَ لي حيلا

    أَحسن الثقات

    How can I find a way?

    The best of the trustworthy,

  37. ثَمرَةَ القَلب

    قارِعِ السَماع

    Fruit of the heart,

    Who strikes up the music:

  38. أَحمَد العرَب

    ذاكَ مِن كلاع

    Ahmad of the Arabs—

    That one is from Kulaʿ.

  39. لَصَفيُّ اللب

    فَيَكاد يَراع

    Truly pure of mind,

    So he is almost frightened.

  40. قَد فيه قيلا

    عمي سالم مات

    It has indeed been said of him:

    "My uncle Salim has died."