1. يا أيها الساقي الذي قد ضُمِّنَتْ

    أجفانه هاروتَ أو ماروتا

    O cupbearer, whose eyelids have been made to harbor

    Harut or Marut,

  2. ليتَ الغزالَ رآك حتى كان لا

    يرتابُ أنك منه أملحُ لِيْتَا

    Would that the gazelle had seen you, so it would not

    Doubt that your neck is lovelier than its own.

  3. أودعتَ في بطنِ الزجاجة شرْبَةً

    جعلتْ تُوَدِّع دُرَّهُ ياقوتا

    You placed a draught in the belly of the bottle,

    Which began turning its pearl into ruby.

  4. وصبغتَ منها إذ صبغت أكفّنا

    صبغاً يشَّبهُ عَنْدماً أو توتا

    And with it, when you stained our palms, you left

    A stain like dragon's blood or mulberries,

  5. وفتيتَ مسكٍ في الأنوف بمزجها

    لما استماحتْ مسكها المفتوتا

    And powdered musk in the nostrils by mixing it,

    When they begged for their powdered musk.

  6. وأرقَ فوق النار جوهرُ جسمها

    أحببْ بذلك جوهراً منحوتاً

    And the substance of its body was thinned over the fire—

    How lovely that carved jewel!