1. Rise, pour the green date wine
In the cup, like a red ruby

2. Delight, whenever it shines in her cup
Overflowing, its glow on those seated

3. In drinking it, from every heart a desire
As though it was created from passions

4. And when it sparkles in the dark night
It defeats the darkness of night with brilliance

5. Oh you who blame me for drinking it, you have tempted me
With faulting it, the height of allure

6. Oh how good it is in autumn and otherwise
At all times and occasions

7. From the palm of a tawny Babylon
That sways like the blackish gazelle

8. While the cup has strewn on his cheeks
Petals of anemones, a seduction to the onlooker

9. His eyes, two narcissi, but his rosy cheeks
Were made from the blood of hearts

10. What is life but for wine and drinking it
But with the virtuous and the wise