1. كَيفَ تَرى زَورَةَ الخَليجِ وَقَد

    صُبِّغَ وَجهُ العَشِيِّ بِالوَرسِ

    What do you think of a visit to the inlet, now that

    the face of evening has been dyed with yellow dye,

  2. وَرَقَّ ثَوبُ الأَصيلِ وَاِنفَتَحَت

    في وَجنَةِ النَهرِ وَردَةُ الشَمسِ

    and late afternoon’s robe has grown sheer, and there has bloomed

    upon the river’s cheek the rose of the sun,

  3. تَلهو بِذَوبِ اللُجَينِ مُطَّرِداً

    فيهِ وَذَوبُ النُضارِ في الكَأسِ

    as you play with molten silver flowing

    within it, while molten gold is in the cup?