واغيدا وهي عقد صبري بِعقده

واغيدا وهي عقد صبري بِعقده

وأوهن نظمي ثغره بانتظامه

وأوهن نظمي ثغره بانتظامه

And a graceful youth—his necklace loosened the knot of my patience;

Her necklace is my patience's necklace in its knot,

And his mouth, in its symmetry, made my verse seem feeble.

Yet my poem's fabric is weakened by its regularity.

أدار علينا الخمر من كاس لحظه

أدار علينا الخمر من كاس لحظه

بأعذب ألفاظ وكأس مدامه

بأعذب ألفاظ وكأس مدامه

He passed wine round to us from the cup of his glance,

He passed the wine to us from the cup of an instant,

With the sweetest words and a cup of his wine.

In the sweetest words and never-ending cups.

فواللَه ما أدري أمن كأس خمره

فواللَه ما أدري أمن كأس خمره

افتضاحي أم من طرفه أم كلامه

افتضاحي أم من طرفه أم كلامه

So, by God, I do not know whether it is from the cup of his wine

By God, I know not whether from his wine's cup

That my disgrace comes, or from his gaze, or his speech.

My disgrace, or from his glances, or his speech.