وَصَفراء أَو حَمراء فَهيَ مُخيلَةٌ

لِرِقَّتِها الا عَلى المتوهِّمِ

Yellow or red, it is imagined

For its delicacy, not on the fanciful

تُشَكِّلكُنا في الكَرم اِنَّ اِنتِماءِه

إِلى الخَمر أَم هاتا إِلى الكَرم تَنتَمي

We liken you to generosity, that belonging

To wine, or is this belonging to generosity?

تَمَتَّعَ نَدمانٌ بِها وَأَحبَّةٌ

وَحظّيَ مِنها أَن أَقول أَلا انعمي

A critic enjoyed it, and loved ones

And I was fortunate to say, O be generous!

لَكِ الوَصفُ دون القَصفِ مِنّي فَخَيِّمي

بِغَير يَدي وَاِرضَي بِما قالَهُ فَمي

For you is description without harvesting from me, so be generous

Without my hand, and be content with what his mouth has said