والبدر يزهر في السماء كأنه

والبدر يزهر في السماء كأنه

وحبه الذي أهوى ولا يهواني

وحبه الذي أهوى ولا يهواني

And the full moon shines in the sky as though it were

The moon blossoms in the sky as if it were

[Perhaps: the face of] the one I love, who does not love me.

His love that I adore yet does not adore me

والكاس دائرة بكف مقرطق

والكاس دائرة بكف مقرطق

خنث الكلام مفتر الأجفان

خنث الكلام مفتر الأجفان

And the cup goes round in the hand of one wearing a short tunic,

And the cup circulates in a quilted palm

Effeminate in speech, with languid eyelids.

Effeminate of speech, lying eyelids

لم أنس ليلتنا به ياليتها

لم أنس ليلتنا به ياليتها

دامت فكانت مدتي وزماني

دامت فكانت مدتي وزماني

I have not forgotten our night with him—oh, if only it

I did not forget our night, if only

Had lasted, becoming my whole lifetime and all my days.

It had lasted, it would have been my era and my time