يا صاحبي إني نشأت على
كره الدخان وقهوة البن
My friend, I grew up
hating tobacco smoke and coffee.
والخمر كنت بشربها كلفاً
وروى الندامى وصفها عني
But I was fond of drinking wine,
and my drinking companions recounted my praise of it.
حتى أصابتني بآفتها
زمناً وحل الداء بالبطن
Until it afflicted me with its harm
for a time, and illness settled in my belly.
ونهى الطبيب فقلت منتهياً
ما أنت أكثر خبرةً مني
The doctor forbade it, and I said as I gave it up:
“You are no more experienced than I.”
أصبحت لا يروى صداي سوى ال
ماء القراح وأنه يغني
Now nothing quenches my thirst but the
pure water, and it suffices.
Sol 6