1. أَصلِح أَبا صالِحٍ يا رَبِّ إِنَّ لَهُ

    نِهايَةَ الوَصفِ مِن ظُلمٍ وَعُدوانِ

    Reform Abu Salih, O my Lord, for his

    injustice and aggression reach the utmost that words can describe.

  2. بِتنا بِقُطرُبُّلٍ تَجري الكُؤوسَ لَنا

    مِن فائِضٍ في يَدِ الساقي وَمَلآنِ

    We spent the night at Qutrubbul, cups circulating among us,

    some overflowing in the cupbearer's hand, others brimful.

  3. ثُمَّ اِفتَرَقنا عَلى سُخطٍ وَمَعتَبَةٍ

    وَكَيفَ يَتَّفِقُ اللوطِيُّ وَالزاني

    Then we parted in resentment and reproach.

    And how can the sodomite and the fornicator agree?

  4. نِهايَةَ الوَصفِ مِن ظُلمٍ وَعُدوانِ

    بِتنا بِقُطرُبُّلٍ تَجري الكُؤوسَ لَنا

    injustice and aggression reach the utmost that words can describe.

    We spent the night at Qutrubbul, cups circulating among us,

  5. مِن فائِضٍ في يَدِ الساقي وَمَلآنِ

    ثُمَّ اِفتَرَقنا عَلى سُخطٍ وَمَعتَبَةٍ

    some overflowing in the cupbearer's hand, others brimful.

    Then we parted in resentment and reproach.

  6. وَكَيفَ يَتَّفِقُ اللوطِيُّ وَالزاني

    And how can the sodomite and the fornicator agree?