1. ما زلت أشتاق ناراً أوقدت لهما

    حتى ظننت عذاب النار قد عذبا

    I kept longing for a fire kindled for them both,

    Until I thought the torment of Hellfire had grown sweet.

  2. يعلو الدخان بسود من ذوائبها

    قد عط فيها قناع التبر واستلبا

    Smoke rises in black locks from its tresses;

    Within it, the veil of gold has been torn and snatched away.

  3. قد كللت عنبراً بالمسك ممتزجا

    وطوقت جلناراً واكتست ذهبا

    It has been crowned with ambergris mingled with musk,

    And, necklaced with pomegranate blossoms, it clothed itself in gold.

  4. فالنور يلعب في أطرافها مرحاً

    والخمر يرعد في اكنافها رهبا

    So the light plays merrily about its edges,

    And the wine trembles fearfully around it.

  5. وطارعنها شرار لو جرى معه

    برق دنا أو تلقى كوكباً لكبا

    And sparks flew from it—should there race alongside them

    Lightning, it would sink low; or should they meet a star, it would tumble.

  6. لو كان وقت نثار خلته درراً

    أو كان وقت انتصار خلته شهبا

    Had it been a time for scattering gifts, I would have thought them pearls,

    Or a time of victory, I would have thought them shooting stars.

  7. والليل عريان فيه من ملابسه

    نشوان قد شق أثواب الدجى طربا

    And night is naked there, stripped of its garments,

    Drunken, having torn the robes of darkness in rapture.

  8. أقسمت بالطرف لو أشرفت حين خبت

    جعلت أنفس أعضائي لها حطبا

    I swore by the eye: had I looked on when it died down,

    I would have made my body's dearest parts its firewood.