1. I heard of something, I wish I had not heard of it
For I now have a resident and a lodger because of it

2. That the wise man has now abandoned drinking wine
And repented, so we said how can the wise man be wise

3. Would the sun abandon its brilliance while it is luminous
Would the beautiful face of the full moon be abandoned

4. I did not fear that he would repent due to his sophistication
Just as I don't fear that he would fast

5. And how many hands raised cups to the wise man
That now have a right over him, great indeed

6. They stayed up for him, though they don't usually stay up
And got up for him, though they can barely stand

7. That is a blessing whose pleasure decreed
And whoever denies blessing is miserable

8. And if he says I got sick from drinking it
Then they must love the eyelid even when it's sick

9. And if he says I'm safe now, he's like
One who said to the bitten man, you're fine

10. There is gloom over the cup after the wise man
And darkness in the glass after the wise man

11. After him, the dress of revelry is divorced
And after him the mother of joy is barren

12. And the cups of comfort have returned drunk with wine
While breaths of wine are toxic to us

13. But Iblis reassured me when I complained to him
By saying this matter will not last

14. So if you ask me of the wise man, I
Am an expert in the wise man's remedies

15. When the zeal of summer wanes, I
Am the leader in analyzing the wise man's law

16. On the condition that if he sincerely repented
And feared God's punishment, for He is Merciful

17. Then his repentance from ill thoughts of his Lord
Most High is good, otherwise the generous one is generous