1. لا عيشَ إلّا بِكَفِّ جارِيَةٍ

    ذاتِ دَلالٍ في طرفها مَرَضُ

    There is no life but at the hand of a slave girl,

    Full of coquetry, with languor in her gaze.

  2. كأنَّ في الكأسِ حينَ تَمزُجُهُ

    نجومَ رجمٍ تعلو وتنخَفِضُ

    As though within the cup, when she mixes it,

    Stars hurled as missiles rise and fall.

  3. تَحمِلُ في كأسِها مُشَعشَعَةً

    ليسَ لها قيمةٌ ولا عِوَضُ

    She carries in her cup wine mingled with water,

    Beyond all price, with no substitute.