فَمَن كانَ لَم يَسمَع عَجيباً فَإِنَّني

عَجيبُ الحَديثِ يا أُمَيمَ وَصادِقُه

For whoever has not heard something wondrous, I am

Wondrous in speech, O Umayma, and its truth-teller

وَقَد كانَ لي أُنسانِ يا أُمَّ مالِكٍ

وَكُلٌّ إِذا فَتَّشَتني أَنا عاشِقُه

And I had a companion, O mother of Malik

Each, whenever I search, I am their lover

عَزيزَةُ وَالكَأَسُ الَّتي مَن يُحِلُّها

تُخادِعُهُ عَن عَقلِهِ فَتُصادِقُه

Precious, and the cup which he who drinks it

Deceives him of his reason, so it befriends him

تَحارَبَتا عِندي فَعَطَّلتُ دَنَّها

وَأَكوابَها وَالدَهرُ جَمٌّ بَوائِقُه

They battled within me, so I neglected her approach

And her cups, and time has many separations

وَحَرَّمتُها حَولَينِ ثُمَّ أَزَلَّني

حَديثُ النَدامى وَالنَشيدُ أُوافِقُه

And I forbade her for two years, then memories of regret removed me

And the singing agrees with it

فَلَمّا شَرِبتُ الكَأسَ بانَت بَأُختِها

فَبانَ الغَزالُ المُستَحَبُّ خَلائِقُه

So when I drank the cup, through her sister

The beautiful gazelle, pleasing in her qualities, appeared

فَما أَطيَبَ الكَأسَ الَّتي اِعتَضتُ مِنكُم

وَلَكِنَّها لَيسَت بِريمٍ أُعانِقُه

How good is the cup you have forbidden me

But it is not Raim I would embrace