1. Of perfect creation and abundant in grace,
Slender of waist like a finely bred mare,

2. His father among the grandees of Egyptian Copts,
Too noble for base company,

3. She gave me to drink the pure water of the Nile, delicately,
With a breeze from the vineyards of Suyut's villages,

4. It had two states in taste and fragrance,
And a color in the bottle like chicory,

5. I conversed with it intimately, sipping slowly,
And recited to it from the Simple meter.