ألاtake heed فاطرحso cast off عنكfrom yourself التمنيwishful thinking ولاand do not تبتspend the night
ألا فاطرح عنك التمني ولا تبت
بكاساتهon its cups نشوانdrunk غيرnot مفيقsobering up
بكاساته نشوان غير مفيق
Take heed: cast wishful thinking aside, and do not spend the night
O you who pine after hope, cast it aside
drunk on its cups, without sobering up.
And cease to dream of goblets brimming but undeserved
وإنand if كانit is مماamong that which لاno غنىindependence عنهfrom it فليكنthen let it be
وإن كان مما لا غنى عنه فليكن
وفاةَdeath عدوٍّof an enemy أوor حياةَlife صديقِof a friend
وفاةَ عدوٍّ أو حياةَ صديقِ
And if it is something you cannot do without, let it be
If your heart's desire is something you cannot forgo
the death of an enemy or the life of a friend.
Then let it be the death of an enemy or the life of a friend
Sol 6.1