لا تَذهَلَنَّ عَنِ اِبنَةِ الكَرمِ

لا تَذهَلَنَّ عَنِ اِبنَةِ الكَرمِ

فَبِها تَماسُكُ قُوَّةِ الجِسمِ

فَبِها تَماسُكُ قُوَّةِ الجِسمِ

Never be heedless of the daughter of the vine,

Do not turn away from the daughter of generosity

Do not be unmindful of the Daughter of the Vine,

for through her the body's strength holds firm.

For through her is the cohesion of bodily strength

For in her lies the holding of the body's strength.

وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّكَ إِن لَهَجتَ بِغَيرِها

وَاِعلَم بِأَنَّكَ إِن لَهَجتَ بِغَيرِها

هَطَلَت عَلَيكَ سَحابَةُ الهَمِّ

هَطَلَت عَلَيكَ سَحابَةُ الهَمِّ

And know that if you grow devoted to anything but her,

And know that if you mutter about another

And know that if you chant the praise of aught but her,

a cloud of sorrow will pour down upon you.

The clouds of sorrow will pour down on you

The clouds of sorrow shall rain down upon your head.

وَإِذا شَهِدتَ عَدُوَّها في مَحفَلٍ

وَإِذا شَهِدتَ عَدُوَّها في مَحفَلٍ

فَاِقصِد إِلَيهِ بِأَقبَحِ الذَمِّ

فَاِقصِد إِلَيهِ بِأَقبَحِ الذَمِّ

And if you encounter her enemy in a gathering,

And if you witness her enemy in a gathering

And if you see an enemy of hers within a crowd,

then direct the vilest censure at him.

Aim at him with the ugliest reproach

Then single him out with the ugliest reproach.

وَإِذا شَرِبتَ فَكُن لَها مُتَمَطِّقاً

وَإِذا شَرِبتَ فَكُن لَها مُتَمَطِّقاً

حَتّى تَبَيَّنَ طَيِّبَ الطَعمِ

حَتّى تَبَيَّنَ طَيِّبَ الطَعمِ

And when you drink, smack your lips over her,

And if you drink, then be eloquent about her

And when you drink, then smack your lips to savor her,

until you discern the pleasant taste,

Until the goodness of the taste is evident

Until the goodness of the taste becomes distinct.

وَتُمَتِّعَ اللَهَواتِ مِنكَ بِطيبِها

وَتُمَتِّعَ اللَهَواتِ مِنكَ بِطيبِها

وَالمِنخَرَينِ بِكَثرَةِ الشَمِّ

وَالمِنخَرَينِ بِكَثرَةِ الشَمِّ

and delight your palate with her savor,

And give pleasure through her goodness to your amusement

And let your throat delight within her excellence,

and your nostrils with plentiful sniffing.

And to the nostrils through much smelling

And fill your nostrils with the bounty of her scent.

وَاِنظُر إِذا هِيَ قابَلَتكَ تَهَيُّؤً

وَاِنظُر إِذا هِيَ قابَلَتكَ تَهَيُّؤً

نَظَرَ اليَتيمِ إِلى يَدِ الأُمِّ

نَظَرَ اليَتيمِ إِلى يَدِ الأُمِّ

And when she faces you, gaze expectantly,

And look when she meets you getting prepared

And gaze, when she confronts you, ready and arrayed,

as an orphan gazes toward his mother's hand.

The look of the orphan towards a mother's hand

As the orphan gazes at a mother's hand.

أَوَ ما رَأَيتَ الكَأسَ حينَ مَزَجتَها

أَوَ ما رَأَيتَ الكَأسَ حينَ مَزَجتَها

فَتَبَلَّدَت كَتَبَلُّدِ الفَدمِ

فَتَبَلَّدَت كَتَبَلُّدِ الفَدمِ

And have you not seen the cup, when you mixed it,

Or have you not seen the cup when you mixed it

Have you not seen the cup, when you have tempered it,

then become as dull as a dullard?

How it turns just like turning pale

Fall into a stupor like a witless fool?

لَو لَم يَكُن في شُربِها مِن راحَةٍ

لَو لَم يَكُن في شُربِها مِن راحَةٍ

إِلّا التَخَلُّصُ مِن يَدِ الهَمِّ

إِلّا التَخَلُّصُ مِن يَدِ الهَمِّ

If there were no relief in drinking her

If there were no comfort in its drinking

If there were not a single rest in drinking her,

save escape from sorrow's hand.

Except relief from the hand of worry

Save for deliverance from the hand of grief...