لَنا بِغَيرِ نَفاجَهَ

إِوَزَّةٌ وَدَجاجَه

We have, without sudden fright,

A goose and chicken plump and white,

وَمُسمِعٌ فيهِ طَبعٌ

لا تَعتَريهِ فَجاجَه

A docile lad whose nature quite

Abhors all rage and fight.

وَعِندَنا ماءُ كَرمٍ

يَكادُ يُخفى الزُجاجَه

And water from a generous vine

Would almost hide it in its shine

إِذا اِقتَرَحنا عَلَيهِ

غِنىً لَنا أَهزاجَه

Did we request this wealth of wine

To grant us its delight.

مُهَفهَفُ القَدِّ فيهِ

لَباقَةٌ وَنَضاجَه

Mellowed to smoothness in its jar

No roughness now its draughts can mar

إِن أَنتَ قَبَّلتَ فاهُ

قَبَّلتَ عَذبَ المَجاجَه

And if thy lips are pressed to far

They'll meet a soft delight.

وَقَد سَأَلتُكَ فَاِحضُر

وَخَلِّ عَنكَ اللَجاجَه

I begged of thee, so set apart

All sullen pride, each stubborn heart,

فَحَقُّ ذا اليَومَ أَولى

مِن حَقِّ خَمسينَ حاجَه

For due this day before thy start

Of fifty pilgrim-rites.