1. مزةً ماتت زماناً

    بحجابٍ يحتويها

    A tart wine lay dead for a time,

    Within a veil that enclosed it.

  2. لبثت في بطن أم

    غيبتها عن بنيها

    It remained in a mother's womb,

    Who hid it from her sons.

  3. الحدتها الشمس دهراً

    ثم عاد الروح فيها

    The sun entombed it for an age,

    Then the spirit returned to it.

  4. كان ماء المزن عيسى

    إذ وضعناه بفيها

    The rain clouds' water was Jesus,

    When we placed it in its mouth.

  5. فانبرى منها سراجٌ

    رائقٌ من يجتليها

    Then a lamp sprang forth from it,

    Delighting whoever beheld it.

  6. وبدت منها شموسٌ

    غربت في مطلعيها

    And suns appeared from it,

    They set in those who made them rise.

  7. عزبت ألبابنا إذ

    غربت في شاربيها

    Our wits fled when

    They set within those who drank them.