اشرب على وجه الحبي

ب سلافةً في لون خدِّهْ

Drink with relish from the cheek of the one you love

The smoothness of his complexion's hue

يا من حياتك بعد مَو

تك وصلُه من بعد صدِّهْ

O you whose life after your death

Is joined with his after his repudiation

لا شيء أحسن موقعاً

من قرب إلفٍ بَعد بُعدِه

Nothing is better placed

Than the nearness of intimacy after distance

فاشرب كُفِيتَ صدودَه

ورُزِقتَ منه وفاء عهده

So drink your fill of his rebuffs

And be granted his fidelity to his vow