جدت وأفحمتني بما قد

سمعت من لفظك الموَاتي

I found you, and confounded me with what

I heard from your deadly words,

فاقبله ذا سكر بياض

إن عجز السكر النباتي

So accept this with the intoxication of whiteness,

Though the intoxication of plants is weak.