ومدامةٍ ذهبَ السنونُ بجسمها

ومدامةٍ ذهبَ السنونُ بجسمها

مما توارثها الجدودُ قديما

مما توارثها الجدودُ قديما

And a wine whose body the years had carried away,

The years have worn away her body

one the forefathers inherited in succession long ago.

Of what forebears bequeathed her long ago

أفرغتُها في كأسِها فكأنني

أفرغتُها في كأسِها فكأنني

أجريت منها في الرياضِ نسيما

أجريت منها في الرياضِ نسيما

I poured it into its cup, so it was as though I

I poured it in her cup as though I made

had set a breeze from it flowing through the gardens.

A breeze blow through the gardens from her breath