1. Take, my friend, and bring a cup not mixed,
Smiling over blood or over tears,

2. Dawn breaks and it laughs while the clouds frown,
It weeps while the dark time shines.

3. A virgin in a necklace well-arranged
Though the necklace adorns only the arranged.

4. While the garden's face is bare and open
Save for mouths not yet kissed.

5. And narcissus eyes - the dew's tears
Flowed in them, though they seemed asleep.

6. The full moon in the wings of darkness,
In full bloom like a brown cheek.

7. As if a beloved black woman
Adorned with coins by her lover.