1. وَعاتِقٍ مِن بَناتِ البرِّ صافِيَةٍ

    كَأَنَّها لَبَنٌ أَو ماءُ كافورِ

    And a clear, aged wine, one of wheat’s daughters,

    As though it were milk or camphor water,

  2. تُجيرُ قَلبَكَ مِن جَورش الهُمومِ إِذا

    لَجينُها لاحَ في ياقوتِ ما جورِ

    It shelters your heart from the tyranny of cares, when

    Its silver gleams in the ruby of an earthenware bowl.

  3. حَتّى إِذا عَبَثَت أَيدي السُقاةِ بِها

    أَبدَت حَباباً كَتُفّاحِ القَواريرِ

    Until, when the cupbearers’ hands toyed with it,

    It revealed bubbles like the apples of glass flasks.