1. O my boon companion, uncork the flask
For no cup should ever be confined
١. يا نَديمي أَطْلِقِ الفَجْ
رَ فَما لِلْكَأْسِ حَبْسُ
2. Coffee she gives you before the rise
Of the sun, itself a sun
٢. قهوة تُعْطيكَها قَبْ
لَ طُلوعِ الشَّمْسِ شَمْسُ
3. She's like Mars, but
She's bliss while that one bodes ill
٣. وهي كالمِرِّيخ لَكِنْ
هي سَعْدٌ وهو نَحْسُ