وكأنما الكانون ألهب جمره

وكأنما الكانون ألهب جمره

أحداق أسد يدرين أسودا

أحداق أسد يدرين أسودا

And as though the brazier’s most fiercely glowing embers

As if embers were set ablaze by the brazier,

Were the eyes of lions stalking lions.

The sockets of a lion with pitch-black eyes.

يكسو خدود الشرب من نفحاته

يكسو خدود الشرب من نفحاته

قبل الكؤوس وحسنها توريدا

قبل الكؤوس وحسنها توريدا

With its wafts of heat, it clothes the drinkers’ cheeks

Its exhalations dress the drinker's cheeks

In a rosy flush, before the goblets and their beauty.

Before the wine cups and their beauty reddened.