اشِرب على ورد الخدو

د وحسنِ رُمَّان النهودِ

Drink upon the rose of the cheeks,

And the beauty of pomegranate breasts,

حتى إذا مال الشرا

بُ بِلينِ قضبانِ القُدود

Until when the wine

Bends with the softness of rod-like wrists,

فاشْفِ فؤادك بالتي

تطفِي حرارات الكُبود

Then heal your heart with her

Who extinguishes the heat of sorrow,

وارشُف ثنايا نظْمُها

أزرى على نظم العُقُود

And sip the folds of her poetry,

More subtle than the poetry of necklaces,

وأنعم بوصلِ مُقْرطَقٍ

مَزج المودَّة بالصدودِ

And delight in the union of a slender one

Who mixes affection with aloofness.