1. سَقياً لِمَجلِسِنا الَّذي جُمِعَت بِهِ

    طُرَفُ الحَديثِ وَطاعَةُ الجُلاسِ

    May rain bless our gathering, where were brought together

    Gems of conversation and the companions' obedience.

  2. ظَلنا وَيَحيى كَالمُؤَمَّرِ بَينَنا

    نُسقى وَنشرَبُ تارَةً بِالكَأسِ

    We spent the day, with Yahya like an appointed commander among us,

    Being served drink and drinking now and then from the cup.

  3. نِصفَينِ يَشرَبُ بَعضُنا مِن قَهوَة

    صرف تُضيءُ كَشُعلَةِ المِقياسِ

    Divided into two groups: some of us drank wine,

    Pure, shining like the gauge's flame.

  4. وَالآخَرونَ عَلى النَّبيذِ عُكوفُهُم

    شَتّانَ إِن قِسناهُما بِقِياسِ

    And the others were devoted to nabidh;

    How different the two, if we judge them by one measure!

  5. ثِنتانِ بَينَهُما الَّتي شَبَّهتُها

    بِقَضيبِ آس بَينَ غُصنَي آسِ

    Two, and between them she whom I likened

    To a myrtle stem between two myrtle boughs.

  6. ما كانَ عَيبٌ غَير أَنَّكَ لَم تَكُن

    يا اِبن الذُّؤابَةِ مِن بَني العَبَّاسِ

    There was no flaw except that you were not there,

    O scion of the noblest among al-Abbas's descendants.

  7. وَإِذا ذَكَرتُكَ أَو عَليّا لَم أَزَل

    حَزنانَ مِن كَمَد وَمِن وُسواسِ

    And when I remember you or Ali, I remain

    Sorrowful with pent-up grief and anxious thoughts.