1. Give me to drink, O bright moon,
And snatch away the pleasures, hasten!

2. Coffee, pure and red,
That stains remorse with sparks.

3. You surpassed Noah, so if you but speak
You would tell what passed in history's accounts.

4. The armies of night are fleeing
And dawn's troops are in hot pursuit.

5. The stars of space are lost
And darkness weeps for the moon.

6. The branches of the acacia sway
Drunk from the wine's intensity.

7. The birds' throats trill on high
As the morning breeze struts through the trees.

8. My night, you are flawless, and I have found
No bosom friend save seclusion's embrace.

9. Would that it were prolonged for me, even if
That lengthening were from my life's span.

10. I have a lover who is unjust to me,
My love for him places me in peril.

11. He rules me harshly, tormenting me -
How many wretched kings hold power!