1. وَمَجَرِّ ذَيلِ غَمامَةٍ قَد نَمَّقَت

    وَشِيَ الرَبيعِ بِهِ يَدُ الأَنواءِ

    And in the trail of a cloud's hem, already adorned

    With spring's brocade by the hand of the rains,

  2. أَلقَيتُ أَرحَلُنا هُناكَ بِقُبَّةٍ

    مَضروبَةٍ مِن سَرحَةٍ غَنّاءِ

    I laid our saddles down there beneath a canopy,

    Pitched from a tree lush with foliage.

  3. وَقَسَمتُ طَرفَ العَينِ بَينَ رَباوَةٍ

    مُخضَرَّةٍ وَقَرارَةٍ زَرقاءِ

    And I divided my gaze between a hillock

    Clad in green and a blue basin.

  4. وَشَريتُها عَذراءَ تَحسِبُ أَنَّها

    مَعصورَةٌ مِن وَجنَتَي عَذراءِ

    And I bought it virgin-pure; you would think it

    Pressed from a virgin's cheeks.

  5. حَمراءُ صافِيَةٌ تَطيبُ بِنَفسِها

    وَغِنائِها وَخَلائِقِ النُدَماءِ

    Red and clear, it is delightful in itself,

    And through its singing and the drinking companions' character.

  6. خُذها كَما طَلَعَت عَلَيكَ عَرارَةٌ

    مُفتَرَّةٌ عَن لُؤلُؤِ الأَنداءِ

    Take it like an oxeye blossom appearing before you,

    Smiling to reveal the pearls of dew.