1. هاجَ الغَرامُ فَدُر بِكَأسِ مُدامِ

    حَتّى تَغيبَ الشَمسُ تَحتَ ظَلامِ

    Passion has flared; so pass around a cup of wine,

    Until the sun disappears beneath the darkness.

  2. وَدَعِ العَواذِلَ يُطنِبوا في عَذلِهِم

    فَأَنا صَديقُ اللَومِ وَاللُوّامِ

    And let the reproachers dwell at length on their reproaches,

    For I am a friend of blame and those who blame.

  3. يَدنو الحَبيبُ وَإِن تَناءَت دارُهُ

    عَنّي بِطَيفٍ زارَ بِالأَحلامِ

    The beloved draws near—though his dwelling lies far

    From me—through an apparition that visited me in dreams.

  4. فَكَأَنَّ مَن قَد غابَ جاءَ مُواصِلي

    وَكَأَنَّني أومي لَهُ بِسَلامِ

    So it is as though the absent one had come to rejoin me,

    And as though I were gesturing to him in greeting.

  5. وَلَقَد لَقيتُ شَدائِداً وَأَوابِداً

    حَتّى اِرتَقَيتُ إِلى أَعَزَّ مَقامِ

    And indeed I have faced hardships and terrors,

    Until I rose to the most exalted station.

  6. وَقَهَرتُ أَبطالَ الوَغى حَتّى غَدَوا

    جَرحى وَقَتلى مِن ضِرابِ حُسامي

    And I vanquished the champions of battle until they lay

    Wounded and slain by the blows of my keen sword.

  7. ما راعَني إِلّا الفِراقُ وَجَورُهُ

    فَأَطَعتُهُ وَالدَهرُ طَوعُ زِمامي

    Nothing frightened me but parting and its cruelty;

    So I yielded to it, though time submits to my reins.