1. أحمد اللَه والرباب الذي سا

    ق لداري مهفهفاً مخمورا

    I praise God and the clouds that brought

    to my home a slender, drunken youth.

  2. كأن أقسى علي مني على الما

    ل إذا كان زائري غندورا

    He seemed harsher toward me than I was toward

    money, when my visitor was a dandy.

  3. بات عندي وبت أسقيه حتى

    صار بولاد قلبه خيزورا

    He spent the night with me, and I spent it giving him drink until

    the steel of his heart became bamboo.

  4. ثم عانقته وقلت ونار ال

    خد تزداد بالعتاب سعيرا

    Then I embraced him and said, while the fire of his

    cheek grew fiercer with reproach:

  5. يا عتابي وياشرابي الذكيي

    ن على خده المورد جورا

    'O my reproach and my wine, both fiery,

    be cruel to his rose-tinted cheek,

  6. واكسرا طرفه المريض كما كس

    سر قلبي بجوره تكسيرا

    and break his languid gaze, as he shattered

    my heart to pieces with his cruelty.'

  7. فنهاني وقال هاك رضابي

    وسقانيه طائعاً مسرورا

    So he stopped me and said, 'Here, take my saliva,'

    and gave it to me to drink, willingly and gladly.