مدحتكم فلم أدرك لديكم
جنى حلوا ولا عيشا لذيذا
I praised you, yet did not obtain from you
I praised you, but found with you
Sweet fruit or a delightful life.
No sweet fruit, nor pleasant life,
وسارت فيكم غرر القوافي
صحائح قد أرقت لها وقيذا
And the choicest rhymes in your praise circulated,
And twinkling rhymes went through you,
Flawless; I lay sleepless over them, exhausted.
True poems that kept me awake at night,
وعندكم النبيذ يباع جهرا
فبيعوني بأحسنها نبيذا
And at your place wine is sold openly;
And in your midst wine was sold openly,
So sell me wine for the finest of them.
So sell me the best of your wine.
Sol 6.1