1. إذا لم يزرني ندمانيه

    خلوت فنادمت بستانيهْ

    If my drinking companions do not visit me,

    I withdraw alone and take my garden as a drinking companion.

  2. فنادمته خضرا مونقا

    يهيِّج لي ذكر أشجانيهْ

    So I drink with it, green and lovely;

    It stirs in me the memory of my sorrows.

  3. يقرِّب مفرحة المستلذ

    ويبعد همِّي وأحزانيهْ

    It brings the joy of pleasure near,

    And drives away my worry and my sorrows.

  4. أرى فيه مثل مدارى الظباء

    تظلّ لأطلائها حانيهْ

    I see in it the likeness of gazelles' horns,

    As they remain bowed tenderly toward their fawns.

  5. ونور أقاح شتيت النبات

    كما ابتسمت عجبا غانيهْ

    And daisy blossoms, scattered in their growth,

    Like a beauty smiling in self-admiration.

  6. ونرجسه مثل عين الفتاة

    إلى وجه عاشقها رانيهْ

    And its narcissus is like a maiden's eye,

    Gazing at her lover's face.