1. يا اِبنَ الكِرامِ الأَوَّليـ

    ـنَ السابِقينَ إِلى المَكارِم

    O son of the noble men of old,

    the foremost in noble deeds,

  2. الأَوَّلينَ إِلى الوَغى

    وَالآخِرينَ إِلى الغَنائِم

    the first to enter battle,

    and the last to take the spoils.

  3. انظُر إِلى زَهرِ الرَبي

    ـعِ كَأَنَّهُ زُهرُ النَعائِم

    Look at the blossoms of spring,

    as though they were the bright stars of al-Naʿāʾim,

  4. وَالرَوضِ قَد رَقَمَت وَشا

    ئِعَ بُردِهِ كَفُّ الغَمائِم

    and at the garden: embroidered are the threads

    of its mantle by the hand of the clouds.

  5. وَبَدا الهِلالُ كَزَورَقٍ

    مِن فِضَّةٍ في البَحرِ عائِم

    And the crescent appeared like a skiff

    of silver, floating in the sea.

  6. فَاِنهَض إِلى شربِ المُدا

    مِ وَلا تُطِع في الراحِ لائِم

    So rise to drink the wine,

    and heed no one who reproaches you over wine.

  7. فَنَديمُنا ثَمِلُ القَوا

    مِ أَغَنُّ ساجي الطَرفِ ناعِم

    For our drinking companion, swaying of form,

    is mellow-voiced, languid-eyed, and delicate.

  8. ما شَدَّ بَندَ قَبائِهِ

    إِلّا وَحَلَّ بِهِ العَزائِم

    He never tightened the tie of his robe

    without undoing firm resolves with it.