1. قَدْ ضاعَ فيكَ صَبْرِي

    يا راغِباً فِي الغَدْرِ

    Indeed, my patience is lost over you,

    O you who desire treachery.

  2. فَلَيْسَ فِيكَ أَدْرِي

    مَنْفَعَتِي مِنْ ضُرِّي

    For, concerning you, I cannot tell

    what benefits me from what harms me.

  3. فَهَلْ أَراكَ عُمْرِي

    مُهاجِراً لِهَجْرِي

    So shall I, in my lifetime, see you

    forsaking your abandonment of me?

  4. وَقَهْوَةٍ كَالجَمْرِ

    تِبْرٌ وَلكِنْ تَجْرِي

    And wine like embers—

    gold, and yet it flows—

  5. أَدارَها فِي الْفَجْرِ

    مُقَرْطَقٌ كَالْبَدْرِ

    he passed it round at dawn,

    tunic-clad, like the full moon.

  6. يَضْحَكُ لِي عَنْ ثَغْرِ

    مِثْلِ صِغارِ الدُّرِّ

    He smiles at me, revealing teeth

    like little pearls.

  7. أَصْبَحَ فِيهِ سِرِّي

    مَخْتَلِطاً بالْجِهْرِ

    My secret concerning him has become

    mingled with open speech.

  8. مُفْتَتِناً بِالْخَمْرِ

    أَظْلِمُ فِيها وَفْرِي

    Infatuated with wine,

    I squander my wealth on it.