1. وَنَاظِرٍ عَنْ دَعَجٍ

    مَحْكَمٍ فِي الْمُهَجِ

    And a gazer with deep-black eyes,

    given mastery over hearts,

  2. يُدِيرُ كَأْسَاً فَرَّجَتْ

    هَمَّ الْفَتَى بِالْفَرَجِ

    passes round a cup that dispelled

    the young man's sorrow with relief.

  3. قَدْ أُرْعدَتْ لِمزْجِهَا

    وَالْتَهَبَتْ كَالسُّرُجِ

    It had been set trembling at its mixing,

    and blazed like lamps.

  4. أَدارَها مُنْتَطِقٌ

    مُصَوَّرٌ مِنْ غَنَجِ

    A girdled man passed it round,

    fashioned out of coquetry.

  5. أَطلَعَ مِنْ طُرَّتِهِ

    أَهِلَّةً مِنْ سَبَجِ

    He brought forth from his forelock

    crescents of jet.

  6. تَكَشَّفَتْ ضَحْكَتُهُ

    عَنْ بَرَدٍ مُفَلَّجٍ

    His smile opened

    to reveal hailstones spaced apart.

  7. يا مَجْلِساً جَعَلْتُهُ

    فِي مُدَّتِي أُنْمُوذَجِي

    O gathering, which I made

    my exemplar throughout my lifetime!

  8. كانَ كَلَحْظِ الطَّرْفِ

    فِي سُرْعَةِ مَرٍّ ومَجِي

    It was like the glance of an eye

    in the swiftness of going and coming.