1. A wine in Babylon once was sealed,
So the Hebrew rabbi revealed,

2. In the belly of a dark vat,
Where eternal life was foretold.

3. They asked the soothsayers
About its drinker, and when

4. Would be the time it was poured.
The answer: a graceful young man,

5. Of the Egyptian race, generosity his fame,
Enamored of flute and reed,

6. Addicted to drinking, others to prayer bowed,
His only cares, spending money and song.