1. وَخَندَريسٍ سَرَدوسِيَّةٍ

    رَقَّت فَما يُدرِكُها الوَهمُ

    And an aged wine from Saradus,

    so fine that imagination cannot grasp it.

  2. نازَعتُها النَجمَ الَّذي زارَني

    وَالجَوُّ لَم يَبقَ لَهُ نَجمُ

    I shared it with the star who visited me,

    while no star remained in the sky,

  3. في رَوضَةٍ حَيّاتُ خُلجانِها

    يَموتُ مِن لَدغاتِها الهَمُّ

    in a garden whose channels are serpents—

    sorrow dies of their bites.