صَاحِبا سُوءٍ صَحِبتُهُما

صَاحِبا سُوءٍ صَحِبتُهُما

صاحَباني يومَ ارتَحِلُ

صاحَباني يومَ ارتَحِلُ

Two bad companions whose company I kept—

Two friends of ill-repute befriended me

They accompanied me the day I set out.

As I prepared one day to leave

ويقولانِ ارتحل مَعَنا

ويقولانِ ارتحل مَعَنا

وأقول إنّني ثَمِلُ

وأقول إنّني ثَمِلُ

And they say, “Set out with us,”

And said: “Come, let’s depart together”

And I say, “Indeed, I am drunk.

But I replied “I’m spent, and cannot heed”

إنّني باكرتُ مُترَعَةً

إنّني باكرتُ مُترَعَةً

مُزّةً راووقُها خَضِلُ

مُزّةً راووقُها خَضِلُ

Indeed, I drank early from a brimming cup

For I had grazed while dawn was fresh

Of tart wine, its strainer wet.”

On pastures green, their juicy blades still wet with dew