1. مجلسنا مجلسٌ ظريفٌ

    يعومُ في ظَرِفه الجليسُ

    Our gathering is a charming gathering;

    The companion swims in its charm.

  2. وجدْينا شِلْوُه شواءٌ

    لذٌّ وأطرافه قَرِيسُ

    And our kid's carcass is roasted—

    Delicious; its extremities are in aspic.

  3. ليس سوى ذا وذاك إلا

    صفراءُ عذراءُ خَنْدَريس

    Besides this and that, there is nothing but

    Golden, virgin, aged wine:

  4. عروسُ كرْمٍ لها حُلٌّ

    ما حُلِّيتْ مثلهُ عَرُوسُ

    A bride of the vineyard, with finery

    The like of which no bride has ever worn.

  5. وعندنا نرجسٌ أنيقٌ

    تحيا بأنفاسِه النفوس

    And we have elegant narcissus;

    Souls come alive through its breaths.

  6. مُغَيَّرٌ خَطْبُه جليلٌ

    وَمضْعَفٌ قدْرُه نَفِيس

    The altered kind is of great distinction,

    And the double-flowered kind is precious in worth.

  7. كأن أجْفَانَه بُدورٌ

    كأنَّ أَحداقَه شُموس

    Its eyelids are like full moons,

    Its pupils are like suns.

  8. فارفع بنا يا رئيسُ رأِساً

    وافعل كما يفعل الرئيس

    So take notice of us, O chief,

    And do as a chief does.

  9. فعيشُ من زُرْتَهُ نعيمٌ

    وعيشُ من لم تَزُرْه بوس

    For the life of one you have visited is bliss,

    And the life of one you have not visited is misery.

  10. إن لم تجيني فلم أُخَرِّق

    جيبي فإني إِذاً خسيس

    If you do not come to me, and I do not tear

    My collar, then I am contemptible.

  11. بل أسَدٌ طالقٌ وفهدٌ

    حُرٌّ وَنِمْرٌ إِذاً حبيس

    Rather, Asad is loose, and Fahd

    Is free; Nimr, then, is captive.

  12. وَاثْنِ إلينا عنانَ نمرٍ

    في مَهَلٍ إنه شموس

    And turn Nimr's reins toward us,

    Gently, for he is restive.

  13. وإنه للصِّبا رقيبٌ

    وإنه للهوى رسيس

    And he keeps watch over youth,

    And he is deeply rooted in passion.