1. أُفِّ مِن وَصفِ مَنزِلِ

    بِعُكاظٍ فَحومَلِ

    Fie on describing a dwelling

    at ʿUkāẓ, then Ḥawmal!

  2. غَيَّرَ الريحُ رَسمَهُ

    بِجَنوبٍ وَشَمأَلِ

    The wind has altered its traces

    with south wind and north wind.

  3. وَسَقى اللَهُ نَهرَ عَر

    شى فَبابَ التَحَوُّلِ

    And may God water the River ʿArshā,

    and then Bāb al-Taḥawwul,

  4. حَيثُ لا لَومَ في المُجو

    نِ فَما شِئتَ فَاِجهَلِ

    where licentiousness incurs no blame;

    so be as reckless as you please.

  5. يا خَليلَيَّ اِسقِيا

    ني رَحيقَ السَلسَلِ

    O my two friends, give

    me pure, smooth-flowing wine to drink.

  6. ما تَرى البَدرَ قَد أَتا

    كَ بِماءٍ مُصَندَلِ

    Do you not see? The full moon has come

    to you with sandalwood-scented water.

  7. وَمَليحٍ مُقَرطَقٍ

    أَحوَرِ العَينِ أَكحَلِ

    And to a handsome one in a short tunic,

    with vivid black-and-white eyes and kohl-dark lids,

  8. قُلتُ لِم لا تَزورُني

    قالَ مَن لي وَكَيفَ لي

    I said, 'Why do you not visit me?'

    He said, 'Who will help me, and how can I?

  9. وَرِفاقي وَغَفلَةٌ

    لَيسَ يَدرَونَ مَن يَلي

    And my companions—such heedlessness!—

    do not know who is nearby.'