1. مدامي من مقبله

    ومن صدغيه ريحاني

    My wine comes from his lips,

    And my basil from his temples.

  2. تكاد الراح تطلعه

    على سري وإعلاني

    The wine almost reveals to him

    My secret and what I openly declare.

  3. ألا لله ليلة با

    ت يأمرني وينهاني

    Ah, what a night! He spent it

    Commanding me and forbidding me.

  4. وواظمأي للذة ما

    قبيل الصبح سقاني

    And oh, my thirst for the delight of what

    He gave me to drink just before dawn!

  5. وذي مرضٍ بمقلته

    صحيح اللحظ وسنان

    And one with an ailing eye,

    Sound of gaze, yet drowsy.

  6. أقربه فيبعدني

    وأطلبه فيأباني

    I draw him near, but he drives me away;

    And I seek him, but he rejects me.

  7. وكم يجني فأعذره

    ويزعم أني الجاني

    How often he does wrong, yet I excuse him,

    And he claims that I am the wrongdoer.

  8. أمتهمي بما قد قيل من وزرٍ وبهتان

    سعى دمعي بسفك دمي

    O you who accuse me of the sin and slander spoken of,

    My tears strove to shed my blood

  9. وهتكي سر كتماني

    فلا والله ليس الغد

    And expose the secret I concealed.

    So no, by God, betrayal is not

  10. ر في حبك من شاني

    My way in loving you.