1. وشرب هوى دارت عليهم كؤوسه

    حثاثاً فكل طائر القلب هائمه

    And love's drinkers—its cups went round among them,

    in swift succession, each with a fluttering, lovesick heart.

  2. فلما انتشوا علوا بكأس تفرقٍ

    فتغص حلو الشهد منه علاقمه

    Then, when they grew drunk, they were given a further cup of parting;

    its bitter colocynths make sweet honey catch in the throat.

  3. رمى رشأ من وحش وجرة مقتلي

    وكنت على مر الليالي أسالمه

    A young gazelle from among Wajra's wild creatures shot at my vital spot,

    and through the passing nights I had kept peace with him.

  4. فلم يخط سوداء الفؤاد بسهمه

    فيالك من جرحٍ تعز مر همه

    And he did not miss my heart's dark core with his arrow.

    Oh, what a wound, whose balm is hard to find!