1. O you who are deluded, abstain from sinful ways
And when one calls you to piety, respond to his plea

2. Evil is like a gloomy cloud that has gathered
While good fortune is like a twinkling star

3. Drinking pure wine in a goblet is better
Than drinking fermented date juice in flasks

4. It comes to you like the blood of a gazelle in a cup
Slain, though you are spared from plunder

5. A woman from Aleppo in lineage and in name
For Aleppo is known for its vineyards and its grapes

6. Reason is the most precious thing you are endowed with
Though one day, it fails before drink and fermented grapes

7. The soul knows it is answerable
For occurrences, so it no longer seeks

8. Fate is fickle, in dusk and dawn
Like a serpent, it fatally strikes when least expected

9. I see kings of high rank, they spent
Their days, so look to your life and what it yields

10. Flatterers and critics are equal to me
In their words, though one adorns and one maligns