لَقَد بَدا ثَمِلاً مالَتهُ نَشوَتُهُ

وَعَربدَت عندَ سُكرٍ مِنهُ مُقلتُهُ

His intoxication has clearly appeared, his joy has declined

And his eyelids fluttered from his drunkenness

فَثَغرُهُ الكاسُ وَالصَّهباءُ ريقتُهُ

يَسقي وَيَشربُ لا تُلهيه سَكرتُهُ

His lips are the goblet and his saliva is his drink

He pours and drinks without being distracted by his drunkenness

عَنِ المُدامِ ولا يَلهو عَنِ الكاسِ

هِلالُ حُسنٍ بِهِ بَدرُ السّماءِ فُتِنْ

From the wine, nor does he get distracted from the goblet

A crescent of beauty, in it a full moon of the sky seduced

وَصارَ كُلُّ بَليدٍ في هَواهُ فَطِنْ

لَمّا تَصاحى وَفِعلُ الخَمرِ فيهِ كَمَنْ

And every slow wit became sharp in his love

When he sobered up and the effect of wine was still in him like someone who

أَطاعَهُ سُكرُهُ حتّى تَمَكّنَ مِنْ

فِعلِ الصُحاةِ فَهذا سَيِّدُ النّاسِ

His drunkenness obeyed him until it overpowered

The actions of sobriety, thus he is the master of people