1. رحيقٌ كماءِ الشبا

    بِ من وجنةٍ يقطرُ

    Nectar like the water of youth,

    Dripping from a cheek,

  2. بكأسٍ كبدرِ الدجى

    ظلامي بها مقمرُ

    In a goblet like the full moon of night—

    Through it my darkness is moonlit.

  3. وساقٍ على ساقِهِ

    يرجرجهُ المئزرُ

    And a cupbearer, on whose leg

    The loincloth sets him swaying.

  4. تحجبها كفهُ

    وفي خدِّهِ تظهرُ

    His palm conceals it,

    And in his cheek it appears.

  5. أراهُ لنا قائداً

    ونحنُ لهُ عسكرُ

    I see him as our commander,

    And we are his army.

  6. كأنَّ صفاءَ الرحي

    قِ نافسهُ الكوثرُ

    As though the nectar's clarity

    Were rivaled by al-Kawthar.

  7. فمن ربحَ اليومَ ذا

    فذاكَ غداً يخسرُ

    So whoever gains this today

    Will lose that tomorrow.