1. بأبي يا ابنَ الفروع الناضرهْ

    والنجومِ المشرقاتِ الزاهرهْ

    May my father be your ransom, O son of verdant branches,

    And of shining, radiant stars.

  2. لي أخٌ لما رأَى نفسيَ من

    وجدها بالراحِ شِبْهَ الطائره

    I have a brother who, when he saw my soul—because of

    Its longing for wine—like a bird in flight,

  3. قال شِمْ كفَّ أبي قاسِمِنا

    فبحارُ الرّاحِ فيها زاخِره

    Said, “Behold the palm of our Abu Qasim:

    For seas of wine are brimming within it.”

  4. قلت إنّا قد رُدِدْنَا مرَّةً

    وعلى اللهِ تمامُ العاشِرَه

    I said, “Indeed, we have already been turned away once;

    And the completion of the tenth rests with God.”