لو عَدلت كأسُ الهَوى لم أكُن

أكرَهُ عَدلَ الكأسِ في المَجلسِ

If the cup of passion were made just, I would not

Dislike the justice of the cup in the drinking bout.

خَليطَةُ الأنفُسِ غيرُ التي

تَحكُمُ بالجَورِ عَلى الأنفُسِ

The mixture of souls is not what

Rules unjustly over souls.

فاعدِل إلى المُنقذِ من عَقلِه

بِها أبا الجَيشِ إلى المُفلِسِ

So make just, oh chief of the army,

To the saver of his reason from it, to the bankrupt.