1. We have apricots like the wish of desires
A beloved near or far to us

2. Those who taste it love its sweetness
And tongues sing its pleasures

3. Its flesh ripens gradually
Like the slow blossoming of a bud

4. Roasted in its own heat
Adorned with rose and lily

5. As if when we taste it
The beloved kiss away our sorrows

6. We ate it while the water told us
The murmur of its streams intoxicated us

7. And we have no wine, my heart’s companion
To perfect our joy with it

8. So what do you think of fine fish
If the apricot wind passes without us?

9. We saw the stars of the loved ones
And by God, we must be drunk!