1. إِني لمُشْتاقٌ لِرَبوة جِلَّقٍ

    شَوْقَ الخليعِ إِلى رُضاب الأكؤسِ

    Indeed, I yearn for the hill of Jillaq,

    with a libertine's longing for the cups' sweet saliva.

  2. فلَرُبَّ يومٍ مرَّ معسُولَ الحُلى

    فيها بظلّ حديقةٍ من سُندُسِ

    For many a day passed, its adornments honey-sweet,

    there, in the shade of a garden of fine silk.

  3. والجوُّ مِعْطار الهواءِ تخاله

    نَفَسَ الحبيب وفَي بطيب تنفس

    And the air is rich with perfume; you would take it for

    the beloved's breath, giving a full measure of fragrant exhalation.

  4. والعندليب على الغصون مرجِّعٌ

    شَدْوَ القِيانِ تزفُّ كأسَ مغَلّس

    And the nightingale upon the boughs repeats

    the song of singing-girls bearing a dawn-drinker's cup in procession.

  5. والماء فضّيُّ الغِلالة قد كُسي

    حَبَباً تغزلُهُ عيُونُ النرجس

    And the water, silver-veiled, has been clothed

    in bubbles spun by the eyes of narcissi.

  6. وعلى سِمَاطَيْه لأفنانِ الرُّبى

    ظِلُّ يذكّر بالشِفاهِ اللُّعَّسِ

    And on both its banks, the boughs of the hillocks cast

    a shadow recalling dusky lips;

  7. حيثُ الشبابُ الغَضّ في غُلَوائه

    والعيشُ موصولٌ بطيب تأنُّس

    where tender youth is in its full vigor,

    and life is joined to the sweetness of companionship.

  8. وبأفقه غيدٌ طلعن سوافراً

    مثل البُدور جَلَتْ ظَلاَمَ الحِنْدسِ

    And on its horizon, graceful beauties rose unveiled,

    like full moons that dispelled the pitch-black gloom,

  9. بمعاطِفٍ تهتَزُّ من مَرَحِ الصِبا

    في قَمْصِها هزّ الغصون الميِّس

    with bodies swaying from youthful glee,

    within their tunics, like the swaying of supple boughs.

  10. ترنو بأحداق تغنَّثَ جَفنها

    سَقَمٌ تغذّيه كرامُ الأنفس

    They gaze with eyes whose lids are afflicted by

    a languor nourished by noble souls.

  11. يا حُسْنَ هاتيك العيون نواعسا

    تُزري بألحاظ الظباء الكنّس

    Oh, how lovely those drowsy eyes,

    putting the glances of gazelles in their coverts to shame!

  12. أبْقَتْ لدى الألباب من نشواتها

    طَرَباً يطيشُ له فؤاد الأكيسِ

    They have left in minds, from their raptures,

    an ecstasy that makes the wisest heart reel.