أَيُّها العاتِبُ في الخَم

أَيُّها العاتِبُ في الخَم

رِ مَتى صِرتَ سَفيها

رِ مَتى صِرتَ سَفيها

O you who reproach me over wine,

O you who reproach me in anger

O you who blames me for the

when did you become foolish?

When did you become foolish?

wine, when did you turn so foolish?

كُنتَ عِندي بِسِوى هَ

كُنتَ عِندي بِسِوى هَ

ذا مِنَ النُصحِ شَبيها

ذا مِنَ النُصحِ شَبيها

I thought you suited to give other

With me you were nothing but sincere advice

I deemed you, in all else but

counsel than this.

If we obeyed the reproacher

this, a figure of wise counsel.

لَو أَطَعنا ذا عِتابٍ

لَو أَطَعنا ذا عِتابٍ

لَأَطَعنا اللَهَ فيها

لَأَطَعنا اللَهَ فيها

Had we obeyed a reproacher,

We would have obeyed God in that

If we were to heed a scolder,

we would have obeyed God regarding it.

So pass me in the morning a bitter cup

We would have heeded God in this.

فَاِصطَبِح كَأسَ عُقارٍ

فَاِصطَبِح كَأسَ عُقارٍ

يا نَديمي وَاِسقِنيها

يا نَديمي وَاِسقِنيها

So drink a morning cup of wine,

O my boon companion, and serve it to me

So take a morning draught of vintage,

O my drinking companion, and give it to me to drink.

For with people's blame, I yearn for it

O companion, and pour it out for me.

إِنَّني عِندَ مَلامِ ال

إِنَّني عِندَ مَلامِ ال

ناسِ فيها أَشتَهيها

ناسِ فيها أَشتَهيها

Indeed, at the reproach of

For I, at the very blame of

people over it, I crave it.

people, desire it all the more.