وَزَنّا الكأسَ فارِغَةً وملأى

وكانَ عيارُها عندي سَواءَ

We weighed the empty goblet and filled it,

Yet to me both states were equal.

ولن يزدادَ حَجْمٌ من هَواءٍ

وإنْ زادَتْهُ شَمسُ ضُحىً ضِياءَ

Its size will not increase with air

Though the morning sun fills it with brilliance.