ومُهفْهِفٍ يسعى بكأسِ مُدامَةٍ

ومُهفْهِفٍ يسعى بكأسِ مُدامَةٍ

والكأسُ فُوهُ والرُّضابُ مُدامُهُ

والكأسُ فُوهُ والرُّضابُ مُدامُهُ

A slender youth comes bearing a cup of wine,

And a slender youth goes about with a cup of wine;

And the cup is his mouth, the sweet saliva its wine.

And the cup is his mouth, and his sweet saliva his wine.

وإذا تثَنَّى مائساً في مَشيِهِ

وإذا تثَنَّى مائساً في مَشيِهِ

فالسَّرْوُ في ريحِ الشّمالِ قَوامُهُ

فالسَّرْوُ في ريحِ الشّمالِ قَوامُهُ

And when he sways coquettishly as he walks,

And when he sways gracefully as he walks,

His stature is the cypress in the north wind.

Then his figure is a cypress in the north wind.