1. With passion for the cup, he became enamored,
So its radiance became like the glow of his forehead.
١. وَسَاقٍ بحُبِّ الكَأْسِ أصَبْحَ مُغْرَماً
فَلأْلاَؤُهَا أَضْحَى كَضَوْءِ جَبينِه
2. He gave me to drink the pure wine one evening,
And sipped another from the nectar of his eyelids.
٢. سَقاني بِهَا صِرْفَ الحُمَيَّا عَشِيَّةً
وَثَنَّى بِأُخْرى مِنْ رَحيقِ جُفُونِهِ
3. The reveler with rosy cheeks and languid eyes
Shows you the redness of roses outside their season.
٣. هَضيمُ الحَشا ذُو وَجْنَةٍ عَنْدَمِيَّةٍ
يُريكَ احْمِرارَ الوَرْدِ فِي غَيْرِ حِيِنِهِ
4. So I drink from his right what is above his cheek,
And kiss from his left what is in his right hand.
٤. فَأَشْرَبُ مِن يُمْنَاهُ ما فَوْقَ خَدِّهِ
وأَلْثِمُ مِنْ خَدَّيْهِ مَا في يَمينِهِ