1. قد لاح بالدير نار العابدين وقد

    نضا الدجى لبسَهُ عن بسطة النظرِ

    The worshippers' fire has gleamed at the monastery, and already

    Night has stripped its cloak from the expanse of sight.

  2. فقم بنا نتصلّاها معتَّقةً

    يفي تنسُّمها عن مطعم خصرِ

    So rise with us: let us warm ourselves by it—an aged wine,

    Whose scent, inhaled, suffices instead of a cool, refreshing taste,

  3. الذ من نظرة المعشوق وَرَّدَها

    صبغُ الحياء وفرط الدلِّ والخَفَرِ

    More delightful than the beloved's glance, made rosy

    By modesty's blush and abundant coquetry and bashfulness.