اِسقِني فَاليَومُ نَشوانُ

وَالرُبى صادٍ وَرَيّانُ

Quench my thirst, for today is delight

And the meadows lush and verdant bright

كَفَلَت بِاللَهوِ وافِيَةً

لَكَ ناياتٌ وَعيدانُ

The playful one fulfilled her vow

With flutes and lutes and pipes so light

حازَ وَفدَ الريحِ فَالتَطَمَت

مِنهُ أَوراقٌ وَأَغصانُ

The wind swept by in joyous flight

Leaving but branches swaying, dancing in sight

كُلُّ فَرعٍ مالَ جانِبُهُ

فَكَأَنَّ الأَصلَ سَكرانُ

Each bough leaned aside

As if the trunk was drunk with delight

وَكَأَنَّ الغُصنَ مُكتَسِياً

مِن رِياضِ الطَلِّ عُريانُ

And each branch was arrayed

In gardens of dangling jewels bright

كُلَّما قَبَّلتُ زَهرَتَها

خِلتُ أَنَّ القَطرَ غَيرانُ

Whenever I kissed its flowers

I felt its drops were not the same trite

وَمَقيلٍ بَينَ أَخبِيَةٍ

قِلتُهُ وَالحَيُّ قَد بانوا

At a camp ‘twixt low shrubs one night

I spied it, though the living were out of sight

في أُصَيحابٍ مَفارِشُهُم

ثَمَّ أَنقاءٌ وَكُثبانُ

In a resting place, where those who lie

Were pure and sand dunes white

عَسكَرَت فيها السَحابُ كَما

حَطَّ بِالبَيداءِ رُكبانُ

The clouds did camp there as if to alight

In the desert, a caravan in flight

فَاِرتَشَفنا ريقَ سارِيَةٍ

حَيثُ كُلَّ الأَرضِ غُدرانُ

We sipped the saliva of a doe

Where all the land was a perilous plight

فَاِسقِني فَالوَصلُ يَألَفُني

إِنَّ يَومَ البَينِ قَرحانُ

So quench me, for company makes loving right

When apart, the heart knows blight

قَهوَةً ما زالَ يَقلَقُ مِن

مُجتَناها المِسكُ وَالبانُ

Coffee that did cease to roil

From its perfume, musk and beans bright

غَيرُ سَمعي لِلمَلامِ إِذا

ضَجَّ ساجي الصَوتِ مِرنانُ

My hearing deaf to blame should it loudly cry

The singing cup, a flute recite

رُبَّ بَدرٍ بِتُّ أَلثُمُهُ

صاحِياً وَالبَدرُ نَشوانُ

The full moon visiting in the night

While the moon itself was delight

قُدتُ خَيلَ اللَثمِ أَصرِفُها

حَيثُ ذاكَ الخَدُّ مَيدانُ

I drove the steeds of union towards her

Where that cheek was a racecourse site

لي غَديرٌ مِن مُقَبَّلِهِ

وَمِنَ الصُدغَينِ بُستانُ

From her kiss I have a pond

And gardens in her cheeks so bright

في قَميصِ اللَيلِ عَبقَةُ مَن

ظَنَّ أَنَّ الوَصلَ كِتمانُ

In the shirt of night, the scent of one

Who thought union was hidden from sight

كَيفَ لا تَبلى غَلائِلُهُ

وَهوَ بَدرٌ وَهيَ كَتّانُ

Why wouldn't her tresses fray and come undone

When he is the moon and she cotton white

وَنَدامى كَالنُجومِ سَطوا

بِالمُنى وَالدَهرُ جَذلانُ

Passion like stars did ascend

With wishes, while time was a spite

كَم تَخَلَّت مِن ضَمائِرِهِم

ثُمَّ أَلبانٌ وَأَذهانُ

How many minds were rid of their thoughts

Then honey and brains took flight

خَطَروا وَالخَمرُ تَنفُضُهُم

وَذُيولُ القَومِ أَردانُ

They wandered while wine did shake them

And the people's tails were shorn of might

كُلَّ عَقلٍ ضاعَ مِن يَقظٍ

فَهوَ في الكاساتِ حَيرانُ

Each sober thought was lost

Bewildered in cups aright

إِنَّما ضَلَّت عُقولُهُمُ

حَيثُ يُعييهِنَّ وُجدانُ

Only their minds were misled

Where ecstasy did inhibit sight

فَاِختَلِس طَعنَ الزَمانِ بِها

إِنَّما الأَيّامُ أَقرانُ

So steal the blow of time with her

For the days are peers in plight