1. ألا سَقِّني الصَّهباءَ صِرْفاً فإنَّني

    لِمَنْ لامَ فيها ما حَييتُ مُخالِفُ

    Come, pour me the tawny wine unmixed, for I

    Will oppose whoever blames me for it, as long as I live.

  2. ألستَ ترى وَشْيَ الرِّياض ِكأنَّما

    تُنَشَّرُ في أَرجائِهنَّ المَطارِفُ

    Do you not see the gardens’ embroidery, as though

    Bordered cloaks were being unfurled throughout their expanses?

  3. ومَشمولَةً شَجَّ السُّقاةُ كُؤوسَها

    فأَشرقَ وَجْهُ الصُّبحِ واللَّيلُ عاكِفُ

    And chilled wine, whose cups the cupbearers diluted—

    So dawn’s face shone while night still lingered.

  4. ولاحَ على الكاساتِ فاضِلهُا كما

    تَلوحُ على حُمْرِ الخُدُودِ السَّوالِفُ

    And its remnants gleamed upon the goblets, as

    Sidelocks show upon ruddy cheeks.