1. من تابَ عن شُربِ المُدا

    مِ وعن مقارفةِ الحرامِ

    If someone has repented of drinking wine

    and of committing what is forbidden,

  2. وسَمَتْ به النفسُ العزو

    فُ عن التَّوَرُّطِ في الأَثامِ

    and his abstinent soul has lifted him

    above entanglement in sins,

  3. فاستحي أنْ تلقاهُ مُن

    تجعاً لإهداءِ المُدامِ

    then be ashamed to meet him seeking

    a gift of wine.

  4. وابني أَحقُّ بما طلب

    تَ لديَّ من بَلَلِ الأوامِ

    And my son is better suited to provide what you sought

    from me to quench your burning thirst.

  5. فاستسقهِ فلديهِ ما

    يُغنيكَ عن سَقْي الغَمامِ

    So ask him for drink, for he has what

    will leave you no need of the clouds' rain.

  6. واسرقْ من الأيامِ حظ

    ظَكَ من حَلالٍ أو حرامِ

    And steal from the days your share

    of what is lawful or forbidden;

  7. فالدهرُ ليس ينامُ عن

    كَ وأنتَ عنهُ في منَامِ

    for time never sleeps heedless of

    you, while you sleep heedless of it.