لا تَزعمن أنّ شُرب الراح أَقبَح مِن

لا تَزعمن أنّ شُرب الراح أَقبَح مِن

مَضَرّة الناس وَاِنشُد شارب الراحِ

مَضَرّة الناس وَاِنشُد شارب الراحِ

Never claim that drinking wine is more shameful than

Never claim that drinking wine is more vile than

harming people—and go seek out the wine-drinker.

harming people; and recite to the wine-drinker:

يا لَيتَ مُؤذي الوَرى يَبدو أَذاهُ بِهِ

يا لَيتَ مُؤذي الوَرى يَبدو أَذاهُ بِهِ

حَتّى يبينَ لَك السَكران يا صاحي

حَتّى يبينَ لَك السَكران يا صاحي

Ah, if only the one who harms mankind bore his harm visibly upon himself,

Would that the harm of one who hurts mankind showed upon him,

so the drunken one would stand revealed to you, O sober one.

so that you could discern the drunken one, O sober one.