هل لكم في شُرب صَهْبَا مُزجت

فهي ما بين اصفرار واحمرارْ

Would you care for a drink of sahba mixed,

It is between yellowness and redness.

وَلها عَرْفٌ إِذا ما اُسْنشقت

أطربت في دِّنها قبل انتشار

It has a fragrance when it is sniffed,

It would give pleasure before it spreads.

وإِذا عَايَنْتَها في كأسِها

ذهب العقلُ ولم يبق استتار

And if you looked at it in its goblet,

The mind goes and there remains no veil.

لست تدري الكأسَ مِن خمرتها

قد صفا الكلُ صفاء إِذا تدار

You do not know is it from its wine

Or did it all become clear when stirred?

أسكَرت قَبلَ التثامِ جُلَّنا

حُسنها يُغنيِ طَروبَا عن خمار

It intoxicates before completing the drink,

Its beauty makes singing unnecessary.

كَمْ فَراش واقِع في خمَرها

لمْ يكن يحَسبُ أن الخمر نار

How many young men fallen into its wine,

Did not think the wine was fire.

أحرِقت أحشاؤه ثم اغتدى

يكشف الأسرار مخلوع العِذار

It burned their insides then they went on,

To reveal secrets, stripped of discretion.

قَلَّ من يثْبُتُ إِذا يُؤْتَى بها

أو يرَى في الشرب مَصحوبَ اصطبار

Few can stand firm when it is brought,

Or see moderation in drinking it.