1. يا لائمي في الرَّاح غيرَ مُقَصِّرٍ

    لا زال رأيكَ سيِّئاً في الرَّاحِ

    O you who spare no effort in blaming me for wine,

    May you always think ill of wine!

  2. فَأقَلُّ ما في ترك مثْلِكَ شُرْبَهَا

    تَوْفيرُها وطهارةُ الأقداحِ

    For the least that comes of one like you giving up drinking it

    Is sparing it and keeping the goblets pure.

  3. ما سرني بَدَلاً بما وفَّرْتهُ

    منها مَكانُكَ واصلاً لجناحي

    I would not welcome, in exchange for what you have spared

    Of it, your company close against my wing.

  4. أرْبَحْتَني منها نَصِيبَكَ مُحْسِناً

    فربحتُ خيراً منكَ في الأرباحِ

    You have kindly enriched me with your share of it;

    So among my gains I have gained something better than you.