1. إنما مجلس الندامى بساطٌ

    للأحاديث بينهم بسطوه

    The drinking companions’ gathering is but a carpet;

    For conversation among themselves, they spread it out.

  2. فإذا ما انقضى الشراب وقاموا

    لانصرافٍ من فوقه رفعوه

    Then, when the drinking ends and they rise

    To depart from atop it, they lift it up.