1. Pour the wine, my friend,
Red as a soft cheek,

2. It flows with forbidden spirits
Like health in a frail body.

3. Stay when night falls
Sprawled under the vines’ shade.

4. The air is clear as if
Polished by the breeze’s breath.

5. Flowers of delight are scattered
Like a necklace coming undone.

6. Rise and fetch it
From a generous hand.

7. A full moon that reveals beauty
To ravish the wise man’s mind,

8. That buzzes about the goblet
And sings with each refill,

9. In a garden woven
By youth’s fingers with fine thread

10. Where flowers laughed when
Clouds did not weep,

11. How many nights I spent
Beneath its lasting shelter,

12. Recalling days of bliss
Forgetting established rules,

13. Intoxicated with the wine of youth
At ease in lasting company,

14. Where the prime of life is fresh
And time is blessed with joy.