1. Pour Abu Ja'far al-Dimashqi
Red wine like the hue of cheeks.
١. سَقِّ أبا جعفرِ الدِّمَشْقِيّا
صِرْفاً كَلونِ الخدودِ وردِيَّا
2. Don't you see how drunkenness wrestles his reason,
Showing him the right way in vain.
٢. أما ترى السُكرَ كيف نازَعَه
عقلاً يُرِيه صَوابَه غيَّا
3. As if he and the goblets exciting him
Were a gazelle who saw hunters behind him.
٣. كأنّه والكؤوس تَحفِزُه
ظبيٌ رأى خَلْفَه سَلُوقيّا