قَد طَيَّبوا القَهوةَ السُّوَيدا

في عنبرٍ فيه تُستَطابُ

They sweetened the coffee, jet-black,

In a fragrant chamber where all is right.

فَصَحَّ عِندي الَّذي اِدَّعتهُ

مِنْ أَنّها العَنبرُ المُذابُ

So the claim seemed to me justified -

That it was amber dissolving in the night.