1. O bearer of cups, dispense the wine,
Cast off restraint, leave dignity behind,

2. Seize the nights, their moments so sublime,
From youthful follies, to wisdom inclined.

3. For in spring, what season can compare?
When forbidden joys lose all shame and care.

4. The doves and nightingales and parrots sing,
Making music for the banat on the wing.

5. With the fire of your being, set my cares aflame,
For light dispels the darkness just the same.

6. If we avoid the wine that leads astray,
By night or day, we'll walk the better way.

7. For this life of ours cannot endure,
This world is not the final dwelling place.