وبكرand a virgin wine شربناهاwe drank it علىamong الوردthe roses بكرةearly in the morning
وبكر شربناها على الورد بكرة
فكانتso it was لناfor us ورداa fever إلىuntil ضحوةthe midmorning of الغدthe following day
فكانت لنا وردا إلى ضحوة الغد
And early one morning we drank a virgin wine among the roses;
It kept us fevered until midmorning the next day.
إذاwhenever قامstood up مبيضwhite اللباسof attire يديرهاhe passes it around
إذا قام مبيض اللباس يديرها
توهمتهyou imagined him يسعىبكمhe moves about with a sleeve موردrose-tinted
توهمته يسعىبكم مورد
Whenever one dressed in white rose to pass it round,
You fancied him moving about with a rose-tinted sleeve.