1. Rise and bring it in the wings of a dark night,
As the wind told the tale of an extinguished torch.

2. Banish with it the visions of sorrow from my sight,
A drizzle flirts with us with a drowsy eyelid.

3. Delay your cups with cheer, and delay them
From the palm of a slender hand, like a bending rod.

4. A maiden laughs in the faces of her servers,
And tames every wild nature with daring.

5. She was carried to the water of the sky, and so became
Swaying with every intoxicated, sleepy beauty.

6.
What is upon one who met her with his cheerfulness

7. Unless to meet her with an ungrumpy face?
She dispels troubles from hearts, and has not ceased

8. To give hope to the heart of the despairing.

9. She softened, and if not for the cup, one would not see her
Body, and she would not be touched by a touching hand.

10. So it is as if she is subtlety itself with wine,
And a care that makes imagining guess.

11. Her orchards thrived, so blessing be upon
The hands of the vintner who planted and grew them.