قدمت ليلى لكاسٍ

أترعت بالماء ثغرا

Laila offered me a cup

I wet my lips in water

فاستحال الماء خمراً

وزجاج الكاس درّا

So the water turned to wine

And the glass became a pearl

ذقت ما أحيا شبابي

منه لكن مت سكرا

I tasted what revived my youth

But died of it, drunk