1. خَلِّ من يأتمّ بالصل

    بانِ يغدو في اختلاطِ

    Leave whoever follows the crosses

    To go about in confusion.

  2. واغدُ للصهباءِ نُسْقا

    ها ونَسْقي ونُعَاطي

    And go at morn to the tawny wine: we are given

    It to drink, and we serve it and pass it round.

  3. غَطَسوا في الماءِ جهلاً

    وغطسنا في البواطي

    They plunged into the water in ignorance,

    And we plunged into the wine bowls.

  4. وشرِبناها عُقاراً

    خندرِيساً بنشاطِ

    And we drank it as wine,

    Well-aged, with zest.