يا مَنْ يعيبُ لدينا الراحَ مجتهداً

يا مَنْ يعيبُ لدينا الراحَ مجتهداً

أسأتَ قولاً وقد أحسنْتَ في العملِ

أسأتَ قولاً وقد أحسنْتَ في العملِ

O you who diligently disparage wine in our presence,

O you who find fault with our land as zealous,

You spoke ill, yet acted well.

You spoke ill though did well in deed,

تركْتَها مُؤثراً للأكرمينَ بها

تركْتَها مُؤثراً للأكرمينَ بها

وعبتَها عيبَ ذي جهلٍ وذي خطلِ

وعبتَها عيبَ ذي جهلٍ وذي خطلِ

You gave it up, favoring the noblest with it,

You left it preferring the most generous in it,

And disparaged it as the ignorant and foolish do.

And found fault in it, a fault of ignorance and folly,

فبُؤْ بحمدٍ وذمّ تستحقُّهما

فبُؤْ بحمدٍ وذمّ تستحقُّهما

كما خَلَطْتَ الذي أسْدَيتَ بالعذلِ

كما خَلَطْتَ الذي أسْدَيتَ بالعذلِ

So come away with the praise and blame you deserve,

So make amends with praise and blame you deserve,

Just as you mixed what you bestowed with reproach.

As you have mingled what you poured with honey and vinegar,

ما كنتَ إلا كساقٍ خاضَ مِجْدَحُه

ما كنتَ إلا كساقٍ خاضَ مِجْدَحُه

شوباً من الصابِ في شربٍ من العسلِ

شوباً من الصابِ في شربٍ من العسلِ

You were only like a cupbearer whose stirring stick mixed

You were but as one who waded into his glory

Bitter sap into a draught of honey.

Adding some bitterness to a drink of honey.