1. He gambled with his soul desiring a moon,
And obtained the union of full moons.

2. He plucked the fruits of his amusements as pleasures,
To the evenings of wine and first draughts.

3. No day like this day has displayed for us
Its meadows in the month of loves.

4. A day when the elegant time emerges from
Its beauty among the gazelles and fawns.

5. A joy whose measure is without restraint,
And a pleasure whose purity is without turbidity.

6. The tent of clouds has been pitched for us,
And the army of the breeze has been perfumed with rain.

7. With us are two red-cheeked ones like the sun,
And another yellowish like the moon.

8. The elder is blamed for obvious maturity,
And the younger is blamed for obvious youth.

9. An aged wine whose antiquity,
Its coeval witnessed Adam, father of mankind.

10. And a girl of Khidr who shows you her image,
Like the full moon in her perfumed gown.

11. She bent over her lute and let loose for us,
Ambers without sparks.

12. The cupbearers hasten to us with her,
The necklaces of pearls from her soft mouth.

13. They adorned two ear-rings when they brought to us,
The temples' knobs and fresh pearls.

14. O you who forsake the scent of his day for tomorrow,
Selling the eye of happiness for a trace!

15. If worries have corrupted your heart,
There is no gain like winning through the flute and strings,

16. And loving companions who confuse their admirers,
With the glances of the gazelle's eyes.

17. I am compelled in his love to forgive him,
So if he is unfaithful to me, I will argue destiny.

18. I asked him for a false gift, and he gave generously,
And all this with tongues of glance.

19. So I attained my request from the wine of his saliva,
And my pleasure from other sources.