1. Fasting forbade drink
And diminished frivolity

2. And we remain in the prisons of fasting
Captives to anxiety

3. Except that we will secretly
Drink at night with those who cannot be denied

4. We will drink from dusk until dawn
Both small and great

5. And we will sing what we desire
Of poetry aloud

6. Serve me drink until you see me
Mistake the rooster for a donkey