وقهوة كالعقيق صافية

وقهوة كالعقيق صافية

يطير في كأسها لها شرر

يطير في كأسها لها شرر

And a wine, clear as agate,

Coffee like pure garnet

And a wine, pure as carnelian,

Her sparks fly within her cup.

Sparks flying in its cup

Whose sparks take flight within its cup,

زوجتها الماء كي تذلَّ له

زوجتها الماء كي تذلَّ له

فامتعضت حين مسَّها الذكر

فامتعضت حين مسَّها الذكر

I wedded her to water so she would yield to him;

Water wed it to bend to it

I wedded her to water so she might yield to him,

Then she grew indignant when the male touched her.

So it recoiled when memory touched it

Yet she grew indignant when touched by the male,

كذلك البكر عند خلوتها

كذلك البكر عند خلوتها

يظهر منها الحياء والخفر

يظهر منها الحياء والخفر

Likewise a virgin, in her seclusion,

Likewise a virgin in her solitude

Just as a virgin in her seclusion,

Shows modesty and bashfulness.

Modesty and shyness show in her

Displays her modesty and bashfulness.