لَستُ وَإِن عَزَّ الشَرابُ بِمُفطِرٍ

لَستُ وَإِن عَزَّ الشَرابُ بِمُفطِرٍ

عَلى باذَقٍ مِمّا تَقومُ بِهِ السوقُ

عَلى باذَقٍ مِمّا تَقومُ بِهِ السوقُ

Though drink grow scarce, I am not one to break my fast

I will not, even if drink is scarce, break my fast

with bādhāq wine, the kind in which the marketplace trades.

with bādhaq wine of the kind sold in the market.

سَأَترُكُ ما أَخشى عَليَّ أَذاتَهُ

سَأَترُكُ ما أَخشى عَليَّ أَذاتَهُ

وَأَشرَبُ مِمّا تَجمَعُ النَحلُ والنوقُ

وَأَشرَبُ مِمّا تَجمَعُ النَحلُ والنوقُ

I shall leave whatever I fear may do me harm,

I will leave what I fear may harm me,

and drink what bees and she-camels store up—

and drink of what the bees and she-camels gather:

شَرابَينِ لا مَقتٌ مِنَ اللَهِ فيهِما

شَرابَينِ لا مَقتٌ مِنَ اللَهِ فيهِما

عَليَّ وَلا وَقعٌ مِنَ السَوطِ تَشقيقُ

عَليَّ وَلا وَقعٌ مِنَ السَوطِ تَشقيقُ

two drinks that bring me no abhorrence from God,

two drinks for which there is no hatred from God

nor any skin-splitting stroke of the lash.

toward me, nor any lacerating blow of the whip.