كأنما ذنب الطاووس روضتنا

كأنما ذنب الطاووس روضتنا

والفول ذو زهرات مثل زرورِ

والفول ذو زهرات مثل زرورِ

It is as though the peacock's tail were our garden.

As if the peacock's sin was our garden

And the broad beans bear blossoms like buttons.

And beans have flowers like buttons

والسحب في الأفق قد مدت جناح قطا

والسحب في الأفق قد مدت جناح قطا

فاشرب على خفق عود مثل شحرور

فاشرب على خفق عود مثل شحرور

And the clouds on the horizon have spread a sandgrouse's wing.

And clouds on the horizon have spread the wings of a cat

So drink to the thrum of a lute that sounds like a blackbird.

So drink to the throbbing of a lute like a sparrow

وهات خمراً كعين الديك تتبعها

وهات خمراً كعين الديك تتبعها

بفستقٍ قد حكى منقارَ عصفورِ

بفستقٍ قد حكى منقارَ عصفورِ

And bring wine like a rooster's eye, following it

And bring wine like the eye of a rooster, followed by

With pistachios that resemble a sparrow's beak.

Pistachios a beak of a bird has etched