مُتَخَمِّطٌ في غَمرَةٍ مُتَهَتِّكُ

مُتَخَمِّطٌ في غَمرَةٍ مُتَهَتِّكُ

ما إِن يُبالي أَيَّ وَجهٍ يَسلُكُ

ما إِن يُبالي أَيَّ وَجهٍ يَسلُكُ

Swaggering in a drunken stupor, shameless,

Wallowing in decadent darkness, without care

he cares not which path he takes.

For which path he takes in life's tangled snare,

يَكفيكَ خِزياً أَنَّ عَقلَكَ دائِباً

يَكفيكَ خِزياً أَنَّ عَقلَكَ دائِباً

يَبكي عَلَيكَ وَأَنَّ وَجهَكَ يَضحَكُ

يَبكي عَلَيكَ وَأَنَّ وَجهَكَ يَضحَكُ

It is shame enough for you that your reason ceaselessly

Shame enough your reason weeps constantly

weeps over you, while your face laughs.

While your face laughs on in mockery,

لا تَفتِكَنَّ عَلى الكُؤوسِ بِشُربِها

لا تَفتِكَنَّ عَلى الكُؤوسِ بِشُربِها

فَهِيَ الَّتي إِن مُتَّ قَبلَكَ تَفتِكُ

فَهِيَ الَّتي إِن مُتَّ قَبلَكَ تَفتِكُ

Do not assail the cups by drinking them;

Do not destroy yourself with cups of wine

for if you die, it is they that strike you down first.

For they in turn will come to destroy you in time,

كَم بِتَّ تَأخُذُها وَباتَ مُنادِمٌ

كَم بِتَّ تَأخُذُها وَباتَ مُنادِمٌ

لَكَ وَهوَ يَأخُذُ مِنكَ ما لا يَترُكُ

لَكَ وَهوَ يَأخُذُ مِنكَ ما لا يَترُكُ

How often you spent the night taking them, while a drinking companion

How often you take them as boon companions all night

of yours spent the night taking from you what he would not leave untouched.

While they slowly take from you more than you can fight,

أَصبَحتُ عَنكَ لِعُظمِ جُرمِكَ مُمسِكاً

أَصبَحتُ عَنكَ لِعُظمِ جُرمِكَ مُمسِكاً

وَكَذا إِذا ذُكِرَ القُضاةُ فَأَمسِكوا

وَكَذا إِذا ذُكِرَ القُضاةُ فَأَمسِكوا

I have fallen silent about you, so great is your crime;

I withhold from you for your crimes are so immense,

and likewise, when judges are mentioned, hold your tongues.

And so too when judges are mentioned, withhold and be silent.