في نَشوَةِ الحَمراءِ وَالخَضراءِ

في نَشوَةِ الحَمراءِ وَالخَضراءِ

أَمنٌ مِنَ السَوداءِ وَالصَفراءِ

أَمنٌ مِنَ السَوداءِ وَالصَفراءِ

In the exhilaration of red wine and green hashish

In the intoxication of the red and the green

There is safety from black bile and yellow bile.

There is safety from the black and the yellow

هَذي بِلا نارٍ تَفورُ وَهَذِهِ

هَذي بِلا نارٍ تَفورُ وَهَذِهِ

ماسَت مَعاطِفُها بِغَيرِ هَواءِ

ماسَت مَعاطِفُها بِغَيرِ هَواءِ

This one seethes without fire, and this other—

This one has no boiling fire and that one

Its curves have swayed without a breeze.

Its clothes are dyed without dye

فَاِكسُر بِفَترَةِ تِلكَ شِرَّةَ هَذِهِ

فَاِكسُر بِفَترَةِ تِلكَ شِرَّةَ هَذِهِ

وَاِعجَب لِحُسنِ تَلاؤُمِ الأَجزاءِ

وَاِعجَب لِحُسنِ تَلاؤُمِ الأَجزاءِ

So temper this one's fervor with that one's languor,

So break the evil of that one with the calmness of this

And marvel at the beauty of the parts' harmony.

And marvel at the beauty of the harmony of the parts

فَالسُكرُ فيما بَينَ ذَينِ مَرَكَّبٌ

فَالسُكرُ فيما بَينَ ذَينِ مَرَكَّبٌ

كَسَلُ الحَشيشِ وَنَشطَةُ الصَهباءِ

كَسَلُ الحَشيشِ وَنَشطَةُ الصَهباءِ

For the intoxication of those two is compounded of

For drunkenness lies between these two compounds

Hashish's lethargy and tawny wine's vigor.

Like the drowsiness of hashish and the alertness of caffeine