1. O beauty of this rooftop garden, a delight
For the eye, where it finds joy and desire

2. In the fresh, verdant growth, flowing water,
Fine wine prepared, and joyous, cheerful faces,

3. A gathering of cultivated men of letters,
Each a poet, the epitome of wit and grace,

4. Strings of poetry adorn their minds,
Like scattered coral of a resplendent necklace,

5. O what bliss, if I were among these men!
For none but you makes our company sweet.

6. Come, let us reunite and restore our accord,
O our grace and before all eloquent speakers,

7. When you are present, it is as if we are in a meadow,
When you are absent, it is as if we are in gloom.