1. O Hind, do not mock me
And wonder at my white hair

2. And recoil with the aversion of one
Weaned from a dear companion

3. For time has compensated me for the fledgling
With the falcon, instead of the baby bird

4. So in flirtations and their affection
I have no share

5. I complain to God of the intensity
Of passion that is in me

6. The house of loved ones called out
In which the announcer of espousals called out

7. I stood in the house crying
With no loved one in it

8. I asked about her in it
The asking of a weeping lover

9. So I said “where is my beloved?”
It said “where is my beloved?”

10. Arise and serve me a drink, turned away
To dispel with a cup and goblet

11. Ruby red, young and unmixed
Not the wine of raisins

12. Its taste in my throat
Is like the taste of the saliva of the beloved

13. The people incline to it
In their youth and old age

14. It and the water mingled
In the fertile glass

15. It was clarified with seeds
Like drilled pearls

16. And it imparted in it the secret of joy
With the straining

17. It casts the lively redness
Of its laughter with hazels

18. It has a creeping in my body
How excellent is that creeping!

19. When my right hand draws it
The legions of worry turned in retreat

20. And for worries in my breast
There is a preparing for flight

21. The moon circulates it
In threads at the top of a hill