نَبِّه نَديمي يوسُفا

يَسقيكَ خَمراً قَرقَفا

Wake my companion Yusuf

Rouse my drinking companion, Yusuf,

To serve you wine in a pitcher

To serve you wine that sets the spirit trembling,

غَضّاً تَثَنّى أَهيَفا

أَنحَلَ جِسمي دَنَفا

Fresh, bending over gracefully

A tender youth, swaying and slender-waisted,

My body melted, weak

Who has worn my body thin with lovesickness.

كَغُرَّةِ البَدرِ إِذا ال

شَهرُ بَدا مُنَصَّفا

Like the crescent moon when the

He is like the blaze of the full moon when the

Month begins impartial

Month appears precisely at its half;

حَتّى إِذا دارَ الكَرى

في مُقلَتَيهِ وَغَفا

Until when the wine circulated

Until, when slumber began to circulate

In his eyes and he fell asleep

Within his eyes, and he drifted into sleep,

قَبَّلتُهُ عَشراً عَلى

عَشرٍ وَعَشراً سَلَفا

I kissed him ten times over

I kissed him ten times upon

Ten and ten more before

Ten, plus ten given in advance.