1. برقُ مدامٍ في عارضِ النَّدِّ

    ورعدُ قصفٍ وقَطْرُ ماءِ وردِ

    Wine’s lightning in a cloud of incense,

    And revelry’s thunder, and drops of rosewater;

  2. والشمسُ مَعْ كلِّ هذِه طَلَعَتْ

    من جيبِ ساقٍ مُمَشَّقِ القَدِّ

    And amid all this, the sun rose

    From the collar of a slender-figured cupbearer,

  3. في فلكٍ دارَ قُطْبُ مركزِهِ

    على نجومِ السرورِ والسَّعْدِ

    In a sphere whose central pivot revolved

    Upon the stars of joy and good fortune.

  4. لو تَمَّ أنسي بالقربِ منكَ لما

    حَصَلْتُ إلاّ في جنَّةِ الخُلْدِ

    Were my delight made complete by nearness to you, I would not

    Find myself anywhere but in the Garden of Eternity.