1. A generous vine whose roots are in the soil
Far from uprooting and destruction

2. A noble one whose green branches
Cling closely, nearer and nearer

3. It drinks freely from the depths of the earth
Letting its tendrils spread freely, unconstrained

4. When sated with water, it yields
Closing its petals on pollinating insects

5. And if dew covers its lower parts
It makes the top more fertile, not barren

6. Pollinated by the wind, facing east and west
And the sun, rising and setting

7. It yielded fruit for its family after
Living barren for so long

8. And bore bunches belonging
To a father nobler than any father

9. She clothed it in the green of her leaves
Nourished by sweet milk

10. And the sun inhabited it with his making
Rising here and rising there

11. So it blossomed and produced wonders
Amazing the admiring beholder

12. And changed the green of its bunches
To red, then brown, then wheaten

13. It borrowed water and gave freely
Flowing like a blazing torch

14. And gently yielded clusters
Dyed with its gilded hue

15. So the blonde produced from its lineage
Is the offspring of that fawn parent

16. You can see amid its bunches
Green glimmering like fireflies

17. Its colors various, its kinds
Consonant, well-arranged

18. So many greens and yellows!
Whole and untouched by boredom

19. Some dark as the wing of night
Others bright, gleaming like stars

20. As if its berries carried
Falcons' anklets on their claws

21. Two steeds from Rum and Africa grown
In a green paradise for them to graze

22. Sweeter here as fruit or forbidden
In its vine or cup, sweeter