شربتI drank مدامةwine الندمانthe drinking companions يوماًone day
شربت مدامة الندمان يوماً
فلامونيso they reproached me علىfor تركِforsaking الطريقthe path
فلاموني على تركِ الطريق
I drank the boon companions’ wine one day,
One day I drank the wine of regret,
so they reproached me for forsaking the path.
So they blamed me for leaving the path.
ثكلتهمُmay I be bereft of them أماdid ... not? علمواthey knew بأنيthat I
ثكلتهمُ أما علموا بأني
خليعٌa libertine أشتهيI long for شربdrinking العتيقthe aged wine
خليعٌ أشتهي شرب العتيق
May I be bereft of them! Did they not know that I
May their mothers be bereaved! Don't they know
am a libertine who longs to drink aged wine?
That I am a scoundrel who craves old wine?