أَلا هاتَ أَسقني كَأساً فَكَأسا

وَحيّ بِها ثَلاثاً بَل سداسا

Come, give me a cup to drink, and another cup

And fill it three times, no, six times over

فَإِني في اِحتساها لا أُعاصي

رَشا تَخذ الحَشا مني كناسا

For in drinking it I do not transgress

Sprinkling dew that makes the gravel glisten

حَبيب كُلَّما أَلقاهُ يَغضي

فَلو أَهدَيتُهُ آساً لِآسي

My beloved, whenever I meet him, turns away

So if I brought him consolation, it would console me

بيريك إِذا بَدا قَمَراً مُنيراً

وَغُصناً إِن ثَنى عَطفاً وَماسا

When my dear one appears as a shining moon

And a branch, if he bends it, supple and lithe

وَيَبسم ثَغرَهُ عَن اِقحوان

وَيَجلو خَدَهُ وَرداً وَآسا

And his lips smile, from a mouth like an anemone

And his cheek grows rosy and fresh

خَلَعت عذار نَسكي في هَواهُ

وَما راقَبتُ في حَبيبِهِ ناسا

I have shed my chaste modesty for his love

And have not reproached my beloved at all

فَأَحلا الحُب ما كانَ اِفتِضاحاً

وَأَشها الوَصل ما كانَ اِختِلاسا

So love makes lawful what was shameful before

And intimacy permits what was forbidden