قَدْ ضاعَ فيكَ صَبْرِي
يا راغِباً فِي الغَدْرِ
My patience in you is lost
O one inclined to betrayal
فَلَيْسَ فِيكَ أَدْرِي
مَنْفَعَتِي مِنْ ضُرِّي
In you I do not know
Any benefit from my harm
فَهَلْ أَراكَ عُمْرِي
مُهاجِراً لِهَجْرِي
Will I ever see you in my life
Emigrating from my estrangement
وَقَهْوَةٍ كَالجَمْرِ
تِبْرٌ وَلكِنْ تَجْرِي
And coffee like embers
Pure but flowing
أَدارَها فِي الْفَجْرِ
مُقَرْطَقٌ كَالْبَدْرِ
He turned it at dawn
A crescent like the full moon
يَضْحَكُ لِي عَنْ ثَغْرِ
مِثْلِ صِغارِ الدُّرِّ
Laughing at me from his mouth
Like small pearls
أَصْبَحَ فِيهِ سِرِّي
مَخْتَلِطاً بالْجِهْرِ
My secret became in it
Mixed with frankness
مُفْتَتِناً بِالْخَمْرِ
أَظْلِمُ فِيها وَفْرِي
Infatuated with wine
I satisfy in it my lust