1. Don't blame me for my companion in wine,
Nor frown at me for drinking it.

2. The Merciful has granted me affection
Towards it, and towards friends seated with me.

3. My heart fell in love with it, so its love
Became dearer to me than all precious things.

4. I became mad for a girl not strong,
Whose wine is fiercely bright in crystal.

5. You see her cup at the blending
As if she had scattered on it a bride's jewelry.

6. So it removes the veils of conscience through intoxication
And reveals every secret captive.