أُصببْ عَلى قَلبِكَ مِن بَردِها

أُصببْ عَلى قَلبِكَ مِن بَردِها

إِنّي أَرى الناسَ يَموتونا

إِنّي أَرى الناسَ يَموتونا

Pour some of its coolness over your heart;

Pour some of its coolness upon your heart;

Pour its coolness upon your heart,

for I see that people are dying.

Indeed, I see people dying.

For indeed, I see people dying.

وَدَع أُناساً كَرِهوا شُربَها

وَدَع أُناساً كَرِهوا شُربَها

لَيسوا بِما في الخَمر يَدرونا

لَيسوا بِما في الخَمر يَدرونا

Pay no mind to those who loathe drinking it—

And leave alone those who disliked drinking it;

And forsake the people who loathe drinking it,

they know nothing of what lies within wine.

They do not know what is in wine.

For they know not what lies within wine.

لَو شَرِبوها فَأنتَشوا مَرَّةً

لَو شَرِبوها فَأنتَشوا مَرَّةً

لأَصبَحوا بِالخَمرِ يَهذونا

لأَصبَحوا بِالخَمرِ يَهذونا

Had they drunk it and felt its exhilaration just once,

Had they drunk it and grown tipsy once,

If they drank it and became intoxicated but once,

they would have awakened raving about wine.

They would have raved about wine.

They would awaken deliriously raving about wine.

وَقَد عَهِدتُ النَّاسَ إِذ دهرُهُم

وَقَد عَهِدتُ النَّاسَ إِذ دهرُهُم

دَهرٌ يَلوطونَ وَيَزنونا

دَهرٌ يَلوطونَ وَيَزنونا

I have known people in an age when their times

And I have known people when their age

And I have known people when their era

were times of sodomy and fornication.

Was an age when they practiced sodomy and fornicated.

Was an age where they sodomize and fornicate.