Sol 5.6

  1. Whatever intoxicates the mind is wine;

    and wine, to the discerning, is fire.

  2. The sum of sin, a ghoul to every company:

    affliction and misery, harm and hurt.

  3. O you who drink wine in secret,

    no secret is hidden from the Lord of all people.

  4. Do not draw secrecy down like a curtain: over one who

    disobeys the God of heaven, there is no veil.

  5. Remember when life turns away,

    when death draws near and a lifetime ends;

  6. when death comes and the grave comes,

    when resurrection comes and the gathering comes,

  7. and all people assemble on one open plain;

    when prohibition is absolute, and command is absolute;

  8. when the Fire has been fiercely kindled and says,

    “Is there any more?” Then it is said—said again: “Endure.”

  9. There you will taste the sweetness of what you have

    reaped in sin—yet it is bitter.

  10. What refuge remains, if there comes no

    forgiveness from the Forgiver of every sin?

Sol 5.6