1. I advise you, do not commit an evil deed
And fear a God ancient for all time

2. O children of Adam, I do not know the purpose
That grew them; is there one lasting among them sound?

3. You see only a learned man ignorant
Of his knowledge, or a wealthy man destitute.

4. They have no goodness for company
And how many a boon companion has departed as a ruin.

5. So do not drink it while you live, and if you grow weary
Of depravity, then drink it without boon companion.