1. I enjoyed drinking wine when I was wealthy,
But stayed away when I became impoverished.

2. If only I had money to enjoy it,
I would forget the revelers like Chosroes and Caesar.

3. I trust in God's forgiveness of every Muslim,
So I shall not neglect prayer as long as I live.

4. The loose-reined beauty sways
Like a green basil twig.

5. Sick are the eyelids of the sleepy drunk
Whose lips are sweet with sugar.

6. If he were awake or dreaming,
He would be loyal to a blind man.

7. He bows down worshipping the pouring of wine,
And if it is mixed, he prays over it and honours it.

8. He passed the cup to us in greeting
And coloured its robe a rosy red.

9. I said to him, as the cup adorned his palm,
And the ewer gurgled into it:

10. "By your Lord, did you give me wine or pure drink?"
He said, to avoid sin: "Yellow water."

11. So I said: "Give me some sleep,"
"And we will indulge it when dawn glows."