1. أَصَبتُ المُدام بَريقِ الغمامِ

    وَقَد زُرَّ جَيب قَميص الظَلامِ

    I drank wine with the clouds’ saliva,

    And the neckline of darkness’s shirt had been buttoned shut.

  2. فَشابَت نَواصي الدُجى وآنفَرى

    عَن الصُبحِ سِربال ليل التَمامِ

    Then darkness’s forelocks grew gray, and there was torn away

    From dawn the robe of the longest night.

  3. حَبوتُ بِها صَحن قارورَةٍ

    فأَضحَكتُها عَن لِسانِ الضَرامِ

    I bestowed it upon the bowl of a glass flask,

    So I made it laugh, revealing a tongue of flame.

  4. يَطوفُ عَلينا بِها أَحوَرٌ

    كَعول بِعينَيهِ ثقل المَدامِ

    A dark-eyed youth makes the rounds among us with it,

    Languid, with the weight of wine in his eyes.

  5. غزالٌ نَسَجنا لَهُ حُلَّتَينِ

    مِن الآس والَوردِ في يَومِ رامِ

    A gazelle for whom we wove two robes

    Of myrtle and roses on the day of Rām.