1. الكأسُ في كفّ غادةٍ رود

    قم يا أخا النسك غير مطرود

    The cup is in the palm of a tender maiden.

    Rise, O brother of ascetic devotion; you are not cast out.

  2. تحثُّها بالغناء غانيةٌ

    تعرب فيه عن لحن داود

    A beauty urges its drinking with song,

    Giving voice in it to David's melody.

  3. إن شئت كالغصن ذات منعطف

    أو شئت كالطير ذات تغريد

    If you wish, she is like a branch with a graceful curve;

    Or, if you wish, like a bird with a trilling song.

  4. تكاد إن مسَّ عودُها يدَها

    تجري مياه الدَّلالِ في العود

    When her lute touches her hand, it is almost as though

    The waters of coquetry flow through the lute.

  5. سادت بحسن ونعمةٍ فلذا

    قدْ صحَّ قولُ الورى لها سودي

    She won mastery through beauty and luxury; hence

    Indeed, people were right to say to her, 'Reign!'

  6. يا حبَّذا كأسها وروض حمى

    بأنعم القطر حاليَ الجيد

    How lovely her cup, and a garden in a protected meadow,

    Its neck adorned with the gentlest rain!

  7. كلتاهما جملةُ الجمالِ فما

    بدرُ الدُّجى عندها بمعدود

    Each is beauty in its entirety; so

    The full moon of night counts for nothing beside either.

  8. تثني شذاهُ على الغمام كما

    تثني على سادتي أناشيدي

    Its fragrance praises the clouds, just as

    My songs praise my lords.