1. The glow of his cheek showed the Magi
Clear proof of prostration and sanctification,

2. And established for lovers a lucid sign
Of the permissibility of ravishing souls.

3. A twig from Turkish roots, but he gained
The inheritance of beauty from Bilqis.

4. He wore no ordinary clothes, but a robe like the full moon,
And a peacock's costume of brocade.

5. He carried the wine-cup, so his cheeks blushed
Shyly from its inverted radiance.

6. Thus we saw how his cheek and it clothed
The full moons in the light of suns.

7. It outshone them, while dawn had defeated night,
And the companions fancied a wedding.

8. The Pleiades inclined and leaned westwards,
Becoming like a swooning drunkard.

9. The Orient gave birth to her form, while it was
A new moon, so in the West she was like a crescent.

10. We rose early for joy and amusement when
The bells awakened the companions.

11. We sat under the crescent moon with the rising
Sun between the deacon and the priest.

12. A coffee that makes turbans envy it, it does not
Settle except when skulls are rotated.

13. It made between its drinkers, by God, and sorrows
The war of destruction and reversal.

14. From the hand of a pourer who can almost return
Tipsiness with his intimate nature.

15. It made his eyelids among the impassioned
Do the work of merriment and joyfulness.

16. A goblet circulated in the hands of one flushed
With wine, so we were drunk with pushes and shoves.

17. Is he the bent-statured, slender-waisted one, the smooth-
Faced, intimate friend, soul of the companion?

18. Lovers are not blamed for wasting lives
In love of him and sacrificing souls.

19. They saw that beauty shining as if
Precious, so they risked the precious.