أذهبَ عني الغمّ والهمّ والذي

به تطرَد الأحداث شرب المروّق

Gone from me are worries and sorrows, and that

Which drives events with the drinking of my wine

فواللَه ما انفكّ بالراح مهتَراً

ولو لام فيها كلّ حرٍّ موفّقِ

By God, I have not ceased being intoxicated by comfort

Even if the heat scorches every successful one

فما لائمي فيها وإن كان ناصحاً

بأعلم مني بالرحيق المعَتّقِ

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

You know more than I about aged wine

ولكنّ قلبي مستهامٌ بحبها

وحُبُّ القيان رأي كلّ محَمّقِ

But my heart is obsessed with love of it

The love of wine is the view of every fool

أحبّ التي لا أملك الدهر بغضها

وذلك فعلٌ معجبٌ كلّ أخرَقِ

I love what I cannot help but love all my life

That is an amazing deed, perplexing every critic

سأشرَبُها صرفاً وأسقي صحابتي

واطلب غرّاتِ الغزال المنَطّقِ

I will drink it pure and make my friends drink

And seek the coquetry of the articulate gazelle