1. Do you not see the dark night has opened its mouth wide?
The stars in the horizon flounder blindly about.

2. They incline towards the river of daylight and bend over
As though they are birds seeking flowers in a swoop.

3. When the radiance shines on their wings, they alight as visitors
With cheerful black faces smiling.

4. And the brutish night has let down its curtains upon us
So we were within it a concealed secret.

5. It is as though the darkness throws the morning
A conversation that returns ambiguous when clarified.

6. I am astonished that it hides the zeal of intimacy intentionally
While the radiance of dawn reveals it as a sign.

7. And these are cups of wine whose beams appear
Without which we would not have found the way to the camp.

8. A beloved who shows you flowers above its branches
Or pearls in a string of necklaces, organized.

9. Shall I pasture upon the stars in the distance while between us
Are cups that give life to us, brighter than stars?

10. I receive the shining full moon, and it is a horseman
When it appears I find it a perfect full moon.

11. Beautiful is he whom beauty has surrendered to his command
And he mastered it, so it submitted.

12. It narrated magic for a moment and the coyness of a gazelle
As though the tender branch resembled, pampered,

13. He turns from the cups wine, while his mouth
Turns the cups of love no matter how he smiles.

14. If he sways or sings with his lute
He restores the heart pouring incessantly.

15. O a branch swaying in its meadow
And o a bird twittering in its plains.

16. It plays with minds boastfully, and how not
For sorcery is naught but that by which it has spoken.