1. عِش مَدى الدَهرِ ظافِراً بِالأَماني

    يا جَمالَ الورى وَنُورَ الزَمانِ

    Live forever, attaining your wishes,

    O beauty of humankind and light of the age.

  2. وَاصطَبِح مِن سُلافَةٍ كَسَنا الشَم

    سِ وَلَكِن حُبابُها كَالجُمانِ

    And take a morning draught of choice wine, like the sun's radiance,

    and yet its bubbles are like pearls.

  3. سَرَّها أَنَّها تَسُرُّكَ بِالنَش

    وَةِ حَتّى تَبَسَّمَت في القَناني

    It rejoiced to gladden you with intoxication,

    until it smiled in the bottles.

  4. يا خَلِيلَيَّ سَقِّيانِي مِن الرا

    حِ الحُمِيّا نَظِيرَ ما تَشرَبانِ

    O my two companions, pour me some wine,

    potent wine, the same as you both drink.

  5. وَاترُكاني عَديمَ لُبٍّ مِنَ الكَأ

    سِ وَبِيتا مِنها كَما تَترُكاني

    And leave me witless from the cup,

    and spend the night as drunk on it as you leave me.

  6. إِنَّما نَحنُ في نَعيمٍ مِن اللَ

    هِ وَمِن كُلِّ حادِثٍ في أَمانِ

    We are in nothing but bliss from God,

    and safe from every misfortune,

  7. ما غَشِينا هَذا الجَنابَ وَما عا

    شَ لَنا سالِماً أَبُو العُلوانِ

    so long as we frequent this court, and so long as

    Abu al-Ulwan lives safe and sound for us.

  8. مَلِكٌ مِن بَني المُلوكِ نَدِيُّ ال

    وَجهِ مُستَبشِرٌ نَدِيُّ البَنانِ

    A king descended from kings, radiant of

    face, cheerful, generous of hand.

  9. أَحسَنَ اللَهُ خَلقَهُ ثُمَّ أَعطا

    هُ مَعَ الحُسنِ كَثرَةَ الإِحسانِ

    God made his form beautiful, then gave

    him, along with beauty, abundant beneficence.

  10. فَهوَ فَردٌ بِلا نَظِيرٍ مِنَ النا

    سِ قَرِيبُ النَدى بَعِيدُ المَداني

    So he is unique, with no equal among people,

    near in bounty, far beyond reach.

  11. راحَتاهُ مُخضَرَّتانِ فَمِن خُضرَةِ

    كَفَّيهِ خُضرَةُ البُستانِ

    Both his palms are green; from the greenness of

    his hands comes the garden's greenness.

  12. هُوَ في نَفسِهِ جِنانٌ فَما با

    لُ جِنانٍ تَنَزَّهَت في جِنانِ

    He is himself gardens—what, then, of

    gardens that have strolled amid gardens?