1. With blushing cheeks his glance is charming,
It tells of features like the full moon.

2. When he walks his chest sways,
And from it to the waist's end.

3. His steps when he struts with his buttocks
On earth no more than a span.

4. I called a tavern keeper by night for him,
With docked limbs and hunched back.

5. He came with him at night dragging
As if a corpse or a dug-up bone.

6. He brought his cheek near the jugs
And guffawed, delighted by the potsherd's clink.

7. He poured and she showed herself, then wrinkled,
Eight waws laughed in a line.

8. I said, “Wine, what's your excuse?”
She said, “I’ve settled the world for ages.”

9. I said, “Circe's pigsty!” She frowned
And said, “You've fallen short in patience.”

10. I heard of Dhu l-Qarnayn before his raid,
And met Moses before his mate al-Khidr.

11. Had I been made immortal in it, I'd have settled him
Till the Caller of God calls to the Muster.

12. We spent the night in the best beds frowning
While Iblis cheers us with tipsiness' banners.