واغيدا وهي عقد صبري بِعقده

وأوهن نظمي ثغره بانتظامه

Her necklace is my patience's necklace in its knot,

Yet my poem's fabric is weakened by its regularity.

أدار علينا الخمر من كاس لحظه

بأعذب ألفاظ وكأس مدامه

He passed the wine to us from the cup of an instant,

In the sweetest words and never-ending cups.

فواللَه ما أدري أمن كأس خمره

افتضاحي أم من طرفه أم كلامه

By God, I know not whether from his wine's cup

My disgrace, or from his glances, or his speech.