1. لَبِسنا إِلى الخَمّارِ وَالنَجمُ غائِرٌ

    غُلالَةَ لَيلٍ طُرِّزَت بِصَباحِ

    Bound for the vintner as the star sank, we donned

    A sheer tunic of night embroidered with dawn.

  2. وَظَلَّت تُديرُ الراحَ أَيدي جَآذِرٍ

    عِتاقِ دَنانيرِ الوُجوهِ مِلاحِ

    And hands of young oryx kept passing round the wine—

    Noble and lovely, with faces like gold dinars.