1. My friend, arise, for the homes have been emptied,
And the reveler has sung to the extinguisher of fires.

2. How long will you persist in wishes and dreams?
Wake up! Life is but a loan.

3. Take her from me, gazelle with elegant neck,
With languid eyelids and broken pride.

4. A gazelle with eyes of a lion in her glances,
And in her cheeks water and fire.

5. When the night covers the repentant with its gown,
Day smiles from between its folds.

6. The censurers say to me, “Refrain from it”,
But what is my excuse when vines have sprouted?

7. Have patience with the intent after coming close,
For if not for wine, veils would not be praised.