1. يا رُبَّ بَيتٍ بِالجَزي

    رَةِ بِتُّ أَعمُرُ بَيتَ عُمرِه

    Ah, many a house in al-Jazī—

    ra, where I spent the night enlivening its monastery’s chamber

  2. بِمَدامَةٍ وافى بِها

    رُشأٌ قِلادَتُهُ كَثَغرِه

    with wine brought by

    a gazelle whose necklace resembled his teeth.

  3. فَشَرَبتُها في جُرعَةٍ

    حَتّى بَدا ياقوتُ فَجرِه

    So I drank it in a single draught,

    until the ruby of its dawn appeared.