1. قَدْ ضاعَ فيكَ صَبْرِي

    يا راغِباً فِي الغَدْرِ

    My patience in you is lost

    O one inclined to betrayal

  2. فَلَيْسَ فِيكَ أَدْرِي

    مَنْفَعَتِي مِنْ ضُرِّي

    In you I do not know

    Any benefit from my harm

  3. فَهَلْ أَراكَ عُمْرِي

    مُهاجِراً لِهَجْرِي

    Will I ever see you in my life

    Emigrating from my estrangement

  4. وَقَهْوَةٍ كَالجَمْرِ

    تِبْرٌ وَلكِنْ تَجْرِي

    And coffee like embers

    Pure but flowing

  5. أَدارَها فِي الْفَجْرِ

    مُقَرْطَقٌ كَالْبَدْرِ

    He turned it at dawn

    A crescent like the full moon

  6. يَضْحَكُ لِي عَنْ ثَغْرِ

    مِثْلِ صِغارِ الدُّرِّ

    Laughing at me from his mouth

    Like small pearls

  7. أَصْبَحَ فِيهِ سِرِّي

    مَخْتَلِطاً بالْجِهْرِ

    My secret became in it

    Mixed with frankness

  8. مُفْتَتِناً بِالْخَمْرِ

    أَظْلِمُ فِيها وَفْرِي

    Infatuated with wine

    I satisfy in it my lust