سَقاني أَبو بِشرٍ مِنَ الراحِ شَربَةً

لَها لَذَّةٌ ما ذُقتُها لِشَرابِ

My friend Abu Bishr gave me a draft

Abu Bishr poured for me a draught of wine,

Of wine whose taste I'd never known before.

With a distinct delight I have never found in any drink;

وَما طَبَخوها غَيرَ أَنَّ غُلامَهُم

مَشى في نَواحي كَرمِها بِشِهابِ

No hands but those of a fair teenage lad

They did not cook it by fire, save that their servant boy

Distilled this draught from the vine's inmost core.

Walked through the vineyard's bounds carrying a flame.