Nusf el-läyálee ’a-l-mudámeh neskar.
Nedren ’aleiya wa-n ata mahboobee
La-amal ’amáyil má ’amilhásh ’Antar.”
My love passed not, but gave me sherbet of sugar to drink.
For half the nights we will intoxicate ourselves with wine.
I vow that, if my beloved come,
I will do deeds that ’Antar did not.
“Yá bintë melesik dáb wa-bent[[469]] eedeyke[[470]]
Wa-kháf ’aleykee min säwád ’eyneykee.
Kasdee ana askar wa-boos khaddeykee