وَكَأسٍ كَمِصباحِ السَماءِ شَرِبتُها

عَلى قُبلَةٍ أَو مَوعِدٍ بِلِقاءِ

A cup I drank like a lamp in the sky

At a kiss or promised rendezvous

أَتَت دونَها الأَيّامُ حَتّى كَأَنَّها

تَساقُطُ نورٍ مِن فُتوقِ سَماءِ

Days came after it as if they were

Falling light from a hole in the sky

تَرى كَأسَها مِن ظاهِرِ الكَأسِ ساطِعاً

عَلَيكَ وَلَو غَطَّيتَها بِغَطاءِ

You see its cup shining from outside the cup

Though you cover it with a lid