1. خُذْ يا غلامُ عنانَ طَرْفِكَ فاثْنِهِ

    عَنّي فَقَدْ مَلَكَ الشَّمُولُ عناني

    Take, lad, your steed’s rein and turn it

    Away from me, for wine has seized my reins.

  2. سُكْرانِ سُكْرُ هوى وسكرُ مُدامَةٍ

    أَنّى يفيقُ فَتىً بهِ سُكرانِ

    Two intoxications: the intoxication of love and the intoxication of wine.

    How can a youth sober up with two intoxications within him?

  3. ما الشّأْنُ وَيْحَكَ في فراقِ فَريقهمْ

    الشّأْنُ ويحكَ في جُنونِ جَنَاني

    The trouble, alas for you, is not in parting from their company;

    The trouble, alas for you, is in the madness of my heart.