1. أنا أهوى قهوةً

    لستُ عنها أُعرضُ

    I love coffee.

    I do not turn away from it.

  2. كلّما مرّت حلَت

    أيُّ حالٍ يبغضُ

    Whenever it grows bitter, it grows sweet.

    What state of it could be disliked?

  3. كَم سَمِعنا قَولَها

    إذْ علينا تعرضُ

    How often we have heard it say,

    When it is offered to us:

  4. أَنا لَوني أَسودٌ

    وَثَنائي أَبيضُ

    “I am black in color,

    And my praise is white.”