1. Her necklace is my patience's necklace in its knot,
Yet my poem's fabric is weakened by its regularity.
١. واغيدا وهي عقد صبري بِعقده
وأوهن نظمي ثغره بانتظامه
2. He passed the wine to us from the cup of an instant,
In the sweetest words and never-ending cups.
٢. أدار علينا الخمر من كاس لحظه
بأعذب ألفاظ وكأس مدامه
3. By God, I know not whether from his wine's cup
My disgrace, or from his glances, or his speech.
٣. فواللَه ما أدري أمن كأس خمره
افتضاحي أم من طرفه أم كلامه