1. تبيتُ لِيَ اللَذّاتُ مَعقودَةَ العُرا

    إِذا ما أَدارَ الكَأسَ أَحوَرُ عاقِدُ

    Pleasures spend the night with me, their bonds tied fast,

    when a dark-eyed binder of those bonds passes round the cup.

  2. يَذُبُّ الدُجى عَن وَجهِ نارٍ تَحُلُّهُ

    كُؤوسٌ لِأَعناقِ اللَيالي قَلائِدُ

    He wards darkness from the face of a fire; the dark is unravelled by

    cups—necklaces for the necks of nights.