أَسْكَرَني بِاللَّفْظِ وَالمُقْلَةِ ال

أَسْكَرَني بِاللَّفْظِ وَالمُقْلَةِ ال

كَحْلاءِ وَالوَجْنَةِ والكاسِ

كَحْلاءِ وَالوَجْنَةِ والكاسِ

He intoxicated me with words and the eye—

Your words and glance intoxicated me

kohl-darkened—and the cheek and the cup:

Like kohl, cheeks blushed and wine in glass

سَاقٍ يُريني قَلْبُهُ قَسْوَةً

سَاقٍ يُريني قَلْبُهُ قَسْوَةً

وَكُلّ ساقٍ قَلْبُه قاسِي

وَكُلّ ساقٍ قَلْبُه قاسِي

a cupbearer whose heart shows me cruelty;

Though legs feign tenderness, their hearts stayed hardened

and every cupbearer's heart is hard.

For every leg has a heart so cold and callous