وَنَديمٍ قَمَرَتهُ

غَفلَةُ الكَأسِ العُقار

Friend, wandering thought's sweet distraction

Was from the ambrosial wine cup cast

لَم يَزَل ليلَتُهُ في

فَلَكِ السُكرِ يُدار

All night his heaven wheeled in sweet reaction

Dizzy in drunkenness spun far and fast

قَهوَةٌ سُرُّ القَذى مِن

ها لِعَينَيكَ جُبار

Coffee, balm and comfort after passion

Ah, your eyes! They make my own heart vast

فَتَرى كاساتِها تَق

دَحُ فيهُنَّ الشَرار

See the bubbles break and gleam, the bright ash

Sputter sparks in cups the old age passed

وَكَساها الماءُ شَيباً

لَم يَكُن فيهِ وَقار

Yet waters, silvery with borrow'd white

Cannot veil their want of soberness