قَد آنَ مِنِّيَ تِرحالٌ وَلَم أَفِقِ

قَد آنَ مِنِّيَ تِرحالٌ وَلَم أَفِقِ

وَالسِكرُ يَفضَحُ في الرُكبانِ وَالرُفَقِ

وَالسِكرُ يَفضَحُ في الرُكبانِ وَالرُفَقِ

The time has come for my departure, yet I have not sobered up.

The time has come for me to depart though I have not yet awakened

And drunkenness brings disgrace among riders and companions.

And inebriation reveals itself among the caravans and friends

قُل ماتَشاءُ وَلا تُرهِبكَ عاذِلَةٌ

قُل ماتَشاءُ وَلا تُرهِبكَ عاذِلَةٌ

إِنَّ النِفاقَ لَمَردودٌ إِلى النَفَقِ

إِنَّ النِفاقَ لَمَردودٌ إِلى النَفَقِ

Say whatever you wish, and let no reproaching woman frighten you.

Say what you wish and pay no heed to the blamer

Indeed, hypocrisy is surely traced back to the tunnel.

For hypocrisy will surely return to the hypocrite

أَخبَرَتني بِأَحاديثٍ مُناقَضَةٍ

أَخبَرَتني بِأَحاديثٍ مُناقَضَةٍ

فَرابَني مِنكَ قَولٌ غَيرُ مُتَّفَقِ

فَرابَني مِنكَ قَولٌ غَيرُ مُتَّفَقِ

She told me contradictory tales,

You told me contradictory tales

So an inconsistent statement from you aroused my suspicion.

So your words seemed inconsistent to me

ما خَضبُ رَأسٍ كَخَضبٍ في بَنانِ يَدٍ

ما خَضبُ رَأسٍ كَخَضبٍ في بَنانِ يَدٍ

وَحُمرَةُ الفَجرِ لَيسَت حُمرَةَ الشَفَقِ

وَحُمرَةُ الفَجرِ لَيسَت حُمرَةَ الشَفَقِ

Dye on a head is not like dye on a hand’s fingertips,

The dying of hair is not like the dying of hands with henna

And the redness of dawn is not the redness of twilight.

And the redness of dawn is not the redness of sunset

تَمضي الحَوادِثُ بِالحَوراءِ رائِعَةً

تَمضي الحَوادِثُ بِالحَوراءِ رائِعَةً

بَينَ الحَمائِلِ وَالجَوزَاءُ في الأُفُقِ

بَينَ الحَمائِلِ وَالجَوزَاءُ في الأُفُقِ

Fate carries off the dazzling, bright-eyed beauty

Events proceed with the beautiful maid

Among the sword-belts, while Orion is on the horizon.

Between the carriers and Virgo on the horizon