1. The caller of dawn invited to dawn's early light
So they responded to the rooster's insistent call

2. Oh rooster of dawn, soon you will reap
The dawn's harvest is the reward of my praise

3. With vigor you hailed the dawn
To awaken us, what wise advice from you

4. So hurry my friend, drink refreshing wine
Like the rooster's eye and slaughtered musk deer

5. Aged to perfection, the color of wheat in hue
It wets the eloquent sipper's palate

6. Leave aside those cups filled with it, and avoid
The vinegar of meager, stingy old wine

7. No loss or fraud if you pay exorbitant prices
For wine worth its lofty sum

8. Don't frown at the revelers amongst it
Like a jealous eye, wild and wandering

9. Don't you see Venus below the
Horizon, bent over like an exhausted camel

10. The darkness of night flees defeated
And dawn returns victorious like an armed horseman

11. Rise up, my friend, and bring me a cup of
Dawn's wine to grace my handsome cheek

12. Offer it to me, so I can see
Ugliness as beautiful through it

13. The worries of the dead come alive through it
In that it acts like Jesus Christ

14. Its late harvest came before Noah's flood
As I lag behind Noah's time

15. I grasped the soul of life from it
So I have two spirits while it has none

16. Until I became limp before it
My body strewn like discarded clothes

17. I will gather my scattered self
To console my wounded heart

18. It's as if I and my soul have drawn near,
Closing the gap between my body and spirit

19. Oh people! The caller in clear
Speech brought meaning that rings true

20. I found the sweetest nights' delight
To be people's songs in melodious verse