1. أيُّها الساقي أدِر كأسَ العُقار

    إنما الربحُ لأصحابِ الخَسار

    O cupbearer, pass round the cup of wine.

    Gain belongs only to those who lose.

  2. أَعطِنا خُلسةَ عيشٍ واختصر

    من أمانيك ففي الحالِ اختصار

    Give us a stolen moment of life, and cut back

    on your hopes, for the present is brief.

  3. واغتفر زَلَّةَ من في مجلسي

    إنَّ جُرحَ الخمرِ عندي لُجَبار

    And forgive the lapse of anyone in my company:

    for wine's wounds, to me, call for no compensation.

  4. واقرع السِّنَ بكأسٍ وأزِل

    قَرعيَ السن على فَوتِ اليسار

    And tap my teeth with a cup, and banish

    my gnashing of teeth over lost wealth.

  5. كُلُّ مَالي فهوَ رَهنٌ ما لَهُ

    مِن فَكَاكٍ في رواحٍ وابتكار

    All my wealth is pledged; it has no

    redemption, evening or early morning.

  6. ففؤادي أبداً رَهنُ هَوَى

    ورِدائي أبداً رَهنُ عُقَار

    For my heart is forever pledged to passion,

    and my cloak is forever pawned for wine.

  7. ولقد أمرحُ في شَرخِ الصبِّا

    مَرَحَ الُمهرَةِ في ثِني العِذار

    And indeed I frolic in the prime of youth

    like a filly frolicking within the bridle's loop.

  8. أصِل السُّكرَ إلى السُّكرِ كما

    وُصِلَت غُروةُ ليلٍ بنَهَار

    I join drunkenness to drunkenness, just as

    [a link] of night was joined to day.

  9. لو ترى ثَوبَي مصبوغاً بها

    قُلتَ ذمِّيٌّ تَبَدَّى في غِيار

    If you saw my garment dyed with it,

    you would say, 'A dhimmi has appeared in his distinctive garb.'

  10. أو تراني مائلاً منَ نشوَتي

    قُلتَ يمشي فَوقَ رَملٍ أو خَبَار

    Or if you saw me swaying from my intoxication,

    you would say, 'He walks over sand or soft, uneven ground.'