1. The dawn was rising midst the gloom when you appeared
With saffron-tinted wine that cooking never marred;
١. أَتانِيَ وَالإِصباحُ يَنهَضُ في الدُجى
بِصَفراءَ لَم تُفسَد بِطَبخٍ وَإِحراقِ
2. You proffered it as though it were the juice distilled
From narcissi - its limpid brightness stirred the pourer's heart.
٢. فَناوَلَنيها وَالثُرَيّا كَأَنَّها
جِنى نَرجِسٍ حَيّا النَدامى بِها الساقي