دارت عليّ من الصفاح كؤوس

وبدت لديّ من الرماح شموس

Cups of wine circled around me,

And from spears, suns appeared to me.

بأبي كؤوس هوى تطوف بها على

قلبي شموس دمي لهنّ نفوس

By my father, cups whose love circles

My heart, suns whose souls are my blood.

قسّي فؤادك ما استطعت فإن لي

سحرا يقود زمامه ويسوس

Harden your heart as much as you can, for I have

A magic that leads its reins and controls.

هذا فؤاد من حديد بارد

أبداً وذاك السحر مغناطيس

This is a heart of cold iron,

Forever, while that magic is a magnet.