1. داوِ يَحيى مِن خُمارِه

    بِاِبنَةِ الدَنِّ وَقارِه

    Cure Yahya of his hangover

    with the daughter of the wine jar and its pitch—

  2. مِن شَرابٍ خُسرَوِيٍّ

    ما تَعَنَّوا بِاِعتِصارِه

    a Khosrowian wine

    they never toiled to press.

  3. طَبَخَتهُ الشَمسُ لَمّا

    بَخِلَ العِلجُ بِنارِه

    The sun cooked it when

    the foreigner begrudged his fire.

  4. فَأَتى الدَهرُ عَلَيهِ

    غَيرَ شَيءٍ في قَرارِه

    Then time consumed it,

    save a little at its bottom.

  5. فَتَجَلَّت عَن شِهابٍ

    يَتَرامى بِشَرارِه

    Then it shone forth—a shooting star,

    scattering its sparks.

  6. رَكَدَ الدَهرُ عَلَيهِ

    فَكَفى ضَوءَ نَهارِه

    Time lay still over it,

    so it sufficed in place of daylight.

  7. وَنَديمي كُلُّ خِرقٍ

    زانَهُ عِتقُ نِجارِه

    And every gallant is my drinking companion,

    graced by the nobility of his lineage.

  8. وَغَزالٍ تَشرَهُ النَف

    سُ إِلى حَلِّ إِزارِه

    And a gazelle—the soul yearns

    to untie his waistcloth.

  9. بَسَطَتهُ سَورَةُ الرا

    حِ لَنا بَعدَ اِزوِرارِه

    The wine's surge made him unreserved

    with us, after his aloofness.

  10. فَأَطَفنا بِنَواحي

    هِ وَلَم نَعرِض لِدارِه

    So we circled round his outskirts,

    but did not approach his dwelling.