إِذا دارَتِ الكَأسُ في دارِهِم

فَقَد رَحَلَ الدينُ عَن دارِهِم

When the cup goes round within their house,

Religion has already departed from their house.

فَما وُفِّقوا عِندَ إيرادِهِم

وَلا وُفِّقوا عِندَ إِصدارِهِم

They were granted no right guidance in their approach,

Nor were they granted it in their departure.

وَفي رَفعِ أَصواتِهِم بِالغِناءِ

دَليلٌ عَلى حَطِّ أَقدارِهِم

And in their raising their voices in song

Lies proof that they have lowered their own standing.

فَإِن كُنتَ خِدناً لَهُم فَاِحبُهُم

جَفاءً عَلى قُربِ مُزدارِهِم

So if you are their intimate, then love them

With aloofness, though their dwelling lies near.