مدامةٌ تمريةٌ صافيه

مدامةٌ تمريةٌ صافيه

تلبس من يشربها العافية

تلبس من يشربها العافية

A clear wine made from dates,

A clear date wine

clothing whoever drinks it in good health.

Brings health to those who drink it

زففتها طوعاً إلى شاعرٍ

زففتها طوعاً إلى شاعرٍ

ما وقفت قط له قافيه

ما وقفت قط له قافيه

I willingly led it as a bride to a poet

I offered it freely to a poet

for whom no rhyme has ever faltered.

Whose verses never quite rhyme