صَاحِبا سُوءٍ صَحِبتُهُما

صَاحِبا سُوءٍ صَحِبتُهُما

صاحَباني يومَ ارتَحِلُ

صاحَباني يومَ ارتَحِلُ

Two evil companions—I kept their company;

Two bad companions whose company I kept

they accompanied me the day they set out,

accompanied me on the day I set out.

ويقولانِ ارتحل مَعَنا

ويقولانِ ارتحل مَعَنا

وأقول إنّني ثَمِلُ

وأقول إنّني ثَمِلُ

and both said, “Set out with us.”

And they say, “Set out with us,”

I replied, “But I am drunk:

and I say, “Indeed, I am drunk.

إنّني باكرتُ مُترَعَةً

إنّني باكرتُ مُترَعَةً

مُزّةً راووقُها خَضِلُ

مُزّةً راووقُها خَضِلُ

at dawn I am bound for a brimming cup

Indeed, at dawn I drank a brimming cup

of tangy wine, its strainer dripping wet.”

of tart wine, its strainer wet.”