وسادَةٍ قَد سَقَت مَجالِسَهُم

وسادَةٍ قَد سَقَت مَجالِسَهُم

ماءُ الَّذي أَطمَعَتْ كُرومُهُمُ

ماءُ الَّذي أَطمَعَتْ كُرومُهُمُ

And lords whose gatherings have been given drink—

A pillow that has watered their gatherings,

the water their vineyards had made one crave.

the water that their vineyards hoped for.

أَيُّ لِسانٍ لِمَن يَذُمُّهُمُ

أَيُّ لِسانٍ لِمَن يَذُمُّهُمُ

وَأَيُّ قَولٍ لِمَن يَرومُهُمُ

وَأَيُّ قَولٍ لِمَن يَرومُهُمُ

What tongue has anyone who reviles them?

What tongue for one who dispraises them?

And what words has anyone who seeks them?

What words for one who envies them?

قالَ فَما الخَمرُ في مَخادِعِهِم

قالَ فَما الخَمرُ في مَخادِعِهِم

فَقُلتُ في كَهفِهِم رَقيمُهُمُ

فَقُلتُ في كَهفِهِم رَقيمُهُمُ

He said, “Then what is the wine in their private chambers?”

He said, so where is the wine in their dwellings?

So I said, “In their cave, it is their Raqim.”

I said, in their cave lies their secret.

قالَ فَلِلمَزجِ فَوقَها حَنَشٌ

قالَ فَلِلمَزجِ فَوقَها حَنَشٌ

قُلتُ فَسَكرانُهُم سَليمُهُمُ

قُلتُ فَسَكرانُهُم سَليمُهُمُ

He said, “Then above it is a snake for the mixing.”

He said, for the mixer above it, a strainer?

I said, “Then their drunkard is their snake-bitten man.”

I said, their intoxicated ones are intact.

ما تورِدُ الخَمرُ غَيرَ ما وَرَدَت

ما تورِدُ الخَمرُ غَيرَ ما وَرَدَت

فَلَم يَلُمها لَكِن يَلومُهُمُ

فَلَم يَلُمها لَكِن يَلومُهُمُ

Wine brings forth nothing but what it encountered.

Wine brings nothing but what it has brought.

So he did not blame it, but he blames them.

Yet he does not blame it, rather blames them.

سَفيهُها شارِباً سَقيهُهُمُ

سَفيهُها شارِباً سَقيهُهُمُ

حَليمُها صاحِياً حَليمُهُمُ

حَليمُها صاحِياً حَليمُهُمُ

Its fool, when drinking, is [their fool?].

Its fool while drinking is their water-bearer.

Its forbearing man, when sober, is their forbearing man.

Its wise while sober is their wise one.