1. O you who generously give sweetness and deny
With a stinginess sweeter and more delicious than sweetness.

2. Winds have spun its taste into flavor and relish-
And even if the soul doesn't taste it, it is delighted by its aroma.

3. And truly, even if it did taste it, its exhilaration would last
Until the appointed time of death- it seeks no sobriety.

4. I used to ask, if only it would allow a sip-
But neither it is one to give, nor I one to ask.