إِيّاكَ وَالخَمرَ فَهيَ خالِبَةٌ

غالِبَةٌ خابَ ذَلِكَ الغَلَبُ

Beware of wine, for it is deceitful

Overpowering, failed has that dominance

خابِيَةُ الراحِ ناقَةٌ حَفَلَت

لَيسَ لَها غَيرَ باطِلٍ حَلَبُ

Deceitful is the comfort of wine, a camel gone astray

It has nothing but false milk to offer

أَشأَمُ مِن ناقَةِ البَسوسِ عَلى النا

سِ وَإِن يُنَل عِندَها الطَلَبُ

More ominous than the camel of mischief to people

Even if milk is gotten from it when milk is sought

يا صالِ خَف إِن حَلَبت دِرَّتَها

أَن يَتَرامى بِدائِها حَلَبُ

O you who prays, tread carefully should you milk its udder

Lest its sickness spreads through its milk

أَفضَلُ مِمّا تَضُمُّ أَكؤُسُها

ما ضُمَّنَتهُ العِساسُ وَالعُلَبُ

Better than what its cups contain

Is what the honeybee and grape hold