لَمّا رَأَيتُ الحَظَّ حَظَّ الجاهِلِ

لَمّا رَأَيتُ الحَظَّ حَظَّ الجاهِلِ

وَلَم أَرَ المَغبونَ غَيرَ العاقِلِ

وَلَم أَرَ المَغبونَ غَيرَ العاقِلِ

When I saw that fortune was the fool's lot,

When I saw the luck of the ignorant man,

And saw no one cheated but the wise man,

And saw none afflicted save he who was wise,

رَحَّلتُ عَنساً مِن شَرابِ بابِلِ

رَحَّلتُ عَنساً مِن شَرابِ بابِلِ

فَبِتُّ مِن عَقلي عَلى مَراحِلِ

فَبِتُّ مِن عَقلي عَلى مَراحِلِ

I saddled a sturdy she-camel of Babylon's wine,

I took my wares and left the wines of Babylon,

So I spent the night many stages away from my reason.

And spent the night in stages of intelligent thoughts.