1. قُم فَاِصطَبِح قَبلَ يَكبو

    شَبابُكَ الهَملاجُ

    Rise and take the morning wine before it stumbles—

    your smooth-gaited youth—

  2. عَلى جُسومِ مِياهٍ

    أَعكانُها الأَمواجُ

    upon bodies of water

    whose belly-folds are the waves.

  3. وَاِنعَم بِشَمسٍ لَها مِن

    كُؤوسِها أَبراجُ

    And delight in a sun whose

    cups form its towers.

  4. فَمَفرِقُ اليَومِ فيهِ

    مِنَ المَلاحَةِ تاجُ

    For upon the day's head rests

    a crown of beauty.