1. Oh take it like a lamp in the darkness
A smooth-skinned, curly-haired, jet-black beauty

2. As virtuous as Noah's ark itself
Fifty thousand years, less just fifty years

3. In the flasks it stayed, yet was not harmed
Only improved by the years confined

4. It stands in rows, like old men in turbans
As raindrops beat down on their heads year after year

5. It came forth smooth and beautiful as tears
Like drops of dew on translucent marble

6. A gentle Magus accessed it, untainted
By deceit or impurities, pristine

7. He let it flow softly from a wineskin
And the darkness eagerly came to it

8. He brought it out well-aged after years
Of postponing the final seal's stamp

9. You see the beads as they hang suspended
Like pearls perfectly strung on a necklace

10. Our bottle's like a regal bird with chicks
Two jewels of pearl and priceless gems

11. When it pecks a chick of bright metal
You see it glitter amidst the rest

12. So take it if you want a life of joy
Do not forsake it for mere raisin wine

13. And if they say it's sin, say sin it is!
But sweetest pleasure lies in the forbidden

14. And take from the palm of a young lass in summer
With soft skin and sweet mumbled words

15. She has a feminine form but then between
You glimpse the traits of masculine youth

16. So she frowns her brows for a moment or two
Then bends gently as blades of grass

17. Sing if she excites you, my soul's ransom!
For the times have adorned you in sleep

18. Greet the beloved with peace!
And if she cannot bear to reply