وَسَاقِيةٍ بَيْضَاءَ غابت عَنِ الحِسّ

سِوَى سَاعِدٍ عَرَّتْهُ فِي حَضرَةِ الأُنْسِ

A white pitcher hid from sense

Save for an arm bared in the presence of intimacy

تَوَلَّدَ مِنْ أعلاَهُ فِي جَوّ طَالِعٍ

عُبَابٌ يَفِيضُ الكَأسُ منه عَلَى الكَأسِ

From its top was born in the air of a rising star

Vapors from which a cup overflows into a cup

بِمَا لَو حَمَى ذا المَلِكَ عَنْهُ معاند

دَعا أخذَهُ منْهُ بِمَملَكَةِ الفُرْسِ

With a draught, were it protected from this king, hostile,

He would claim it from him for a kingdom of steeds

أمَثِّلُهُ لَو كَانَ فِيهِ أصَابِع

عِنَاجَ سِوَارَيْ مِعصَمٍ من أخي الشَّمسِ

I would liken it, had it fingers

To bracelets on the wrists of my brother, the sun

وَقِيلَ لَهُ أعلاَكَ لِلأرضِ مَائِلٌ

لِمَاذا فَقَالَ الحُبُّ فِي صّاحِبِ الكُرْسِي

And it was said to it, your top leans down to earth

So why, and it said, love in the companion of the throne

أفَضْتُ له طَورَينِ بِالسَّعدِ دَعوَتي

يَمِيناً هما في مَجمَعِ الجِنسِ بِالجِنسِ

I poured forth twice with good luck my invitation

The two of them being in the race of kind to kind

كَمَا قِيلَ فَضْلُ الدُّرّ في الأرضِ ضائِعٌ

فقال مُجِيباً لاَ وَلِلأرْض مِنْ كَأسِ

As it was said, pearls scattered on earth are wasted

So it replied, no, and the earth has no cup