1. Turn the cups with the wine of joy,
Oh what a wonderful scent,

2. Telling of our nights together,
Pour me some wine to soothe my soul,

3. Let me find some rest,
From the heat of passions,

4. By my father a gazelle has shot me with arrows,
Her eyelashes as feathers,

5. Piercing hearts,
She tore apart my sad, bewildered heart,

6. When she glanced and slipped away,
A sword she unsheathed,

7. Ambergris is her mole, musk is her seal,
Bewitching all minds,

8. A pearl she has adorned,
I craved her radiance from the rising dawn,

9. Or a moon lighting up the dark,
When her blossoming mouth opened like embers,

10. A flower in full bloom,
More brilliant than fiery coals,

11. A narcissus is her glancing eye, a rose her two cheeks,
Dyed with hearts’ blood,

12. Adorned with anemones,
A full moon of beauty above a branch of two curves,

13. Inclined gently swaying,
For the radiant crescent,

14. Since she raised towards me the sword of her eyes,
My bones have weakened,

15. And the fires grow stronger,
My patience is spent craving the gazelle of delight,

16. As passion has triumphed,
Since she traveled from her homeland,

17. And tears rain from my eyes unceasingly,
As love exposes all,

18. Laying all feelings bare.