1. وَمَجرٍ عَلى الأَوتارِ صَوتاً يُجاوِبُه

    مُعَقرَبَةٌ أَصداغُهُ وَذَوائِبُه

    And one drawing from the strings a voice that answers him,

    His sidelocks and tresses curled like scorpions.

  2. إِذا رَيَّحَتهُ الراحُ لاحَ بِعارِضٍ

    يُنيرُ إِذا ما اللَيلُ غابَت كَواكِبُه

    When wine refreshes him, his cheek shines forth,

    Glowing when the stars of night have vanished.

  3. أَدِرها فَهَذا الرَوضُ يُحيي نَسيمُهُ

    وَهَذا أَمينُ اللَهِ تُغني مَواهِبُه

    Pass it round, for this garden’s breeze gives life,

    And this is God’s trusted one, whose gifts enrich.

  4. وَأَصبَحَتِ الدُنيا تُنيرُ بِزَهرَةٍ

    كَساها أَميرُ المُؤمِنينَ وَكاتِبُه

    And the world now shines with a bloom

    In which the Commander of the Faithful and his scribe have clothed it.