عاذِلي في المُدامِ لا أُرضيكُما

إِنَّ جَهلاً مُلامُ مَن يَعصيكا

Reproach me not if wine I crave

O censurers regarding wine, I will not satisfy you,

For only fools from wine abstain

For it is folly to reproach the one who disobeys you.

لا تُسَمِّ المُدامَ إِن لُمتَ فيها

فَتَشينَ اِسمَها المَليحَ بِفيكا

Name not the wine if you deplore it

Do not pronounce the name of wine if you speak to abuse,

Lest you malign its beauty's name

Lest with your mouth you tarnish the fair name that you misuse.

وَاِسقِيانا يا ساقِيَينا عُقاراً

بِنتَ عَشرٍ تَخالُ فيها السَبيكا

Pour us the draught, cupbearers kind

Pour us, O cupbearers, a vintage rich and old,

Pure wine of grape, so rich and fine

A daughter of ten years, resembling molten gold.

فَإِذا الماءُ شَجَّها خِلتَ فيها

لُؤلُؤً فَوقَ لُؤلُؤٍ مَسلوكا

When water joins its ruby tide

And when the water breaks its strength, you would think to see,

Pearls over pearls come forth, entwined

Pearls upon threaded pearls, strung in a rosary.