1. In the monastery of Bahram there is for me a sitting place,
And a playground amidst its gardens.

2. I went there with some youths,
To visit it on a day of cheerfulness.

3. With every debauched lover,
Who preferred the world over his religion.

4. Until we arrived at a sitting place,
Where the colors of its flowers smile.

5. The pale narcissus next to its rose,
While the rose is wrapped in myrtle.

6. The wine-filled flask was brought on high,
With the seal-ring upon its clay.

7. The kohl was extracted from our wine,
So it yielded to the redness of its dye.

8. A saqi passed the cup amongst us,
Caressing it by his soft palm.

9. The radiance of his cheeks is such,
That sights are stolen away through it.

10. We did not stop drinking and amusing ourselves with it,
And taking sips between its verses.

11. Until the drunkard from his tipsiness,
Became like a corpse during parts of it.