1. والبدر يزهر في السماء كأنه

    وحبه الذي أهوى ولا يهواني

    And the full moon shines in the sky as though it were

    [Perhaps: the face of] the one I love, who does not love me.

  2. والكاس دائرة بكف مقرطق

    خنث الكلام مفتر الأجفان

    And the cup goes round in the hand of one wearing a short tunic,

    Effeminate in speech, with languid eyelids.

  3. لم أنس ليلتنا به ياليتها

    دامت فكانت مدتي وزماني

    I have not forgotten our night with him—oh, if only it

    Had lasted, becoming my whole lifetime and all my days.