أذهبَ عني الغمّ والهمّ والذي

أذهبَ عني الغمّ والهمّ والذي

به تطرَد الأحداث شرب المروّق

به تطرَد الأحداث شرب المروّق

What dispelled grief and worry from me, and

Gone from me are worries and sorrows, and that

banishes misfortunes, is drinking clarified wine.

Which drives events with the drinking of my wine

فواللَه ما انفكّ بالراح مهتَراً

فواللَه ما انفكّ بالراح مهتَراً

ولو لام فيها كلّ حرٍّ موفّقِ

ولو لام فيها كلّ حرٍّ موفّقِ

For, by God, I remain besotted with wine,

By God, I have not ceased being intoxicated by comfort

Even if every noble, rightly guided man reproaches me for it.

Even if the heat scorches every successful one

فما لائمي فيها وإن كان ناصحاً

فما لائمي فيها وإن كان ناصحاً

بأعلم مني بالرحيق المعَتّقِ

بأعلم مني بالرحيق المعَتّقِ

For my critic over it, though a sincere adviser, is not

So do not blame me for this, even if you mean well

more knowledgeable than I about pure, aged wine.

You know more than I about aged wine

ولكنّ قلبي مستهامٌ بحبها

ولكنّ قلبي مستهامٌ بحبها

وحُبُّ القيان رأي كلّ محَمّقِ

وحُبُّ القيان رأي كلّ محَمّقِ

But my heart is consumed with love for it,

But my heart is obsessed with love of it

And love of singing slave girls is every fool's choice.

The love of wine is the view of every fool

أحبّ التي لا أملك الدهر بغضها

أحبّ التي لا أملك الدهر بغضها

وذلك فعلٌ معجبٌ كلّ أخرَقِ

وذلك فعلٌ معجبٌ كلّ أخرَقِ

I love that which I can never bring myself to hate,

I love what I cannot help but love all my life

And that is a deed that delights every witless man.

That is an amazing deed, perplexing every critic

سأشرَبُها صرفاً وأسقي صحابتي

سأشرَبُها صرفاً وأسقي صحابتي

واطلب غرّاتِ الغزال المنَطّقِ

واطلب غرّاتِ الغزال المنَطّقِ

I shall drink it unmixed and give my companions drink,

I will drink it pure and make my friends drink

And seek the girdled gazelle's unguarded moments.

And seek the coquetry of the articulate gazelle