قَصِّرِshorten اليَومَthe day بِكَأسٍwith a cup كاسَwas wise مَنwhoever
قَصِّرِ اليَومَ بِكَأسٍ كاسَ مَن
صَدَّturned away عَنهاfrom it وَاِنبَرىand came forward لاnot يَقتَصِرlimits himself
صَدَّ عَنها وَاِنبَرى لا يَقتَصِر
Shorten the day with a cup—wise was he
Shorten the day with a cup, pour for the one
who turned away from it and came forward, not stopping short.
Who avoids it and rises unceasingly
تِلَكthat نارُthe fire of الغَيِّerror مَنwhoever يَصطَلِهاwarms himself at it
تِلَك نارُ الغَيِّ مَن يَصطَلِها
يَحتَرِقburns بِالدِفءِfrom the warmth فيin الوَقتِthe time الخَصِرcold
يَحتَرِق بِالدِفءِ في الوَقتِ الخَصِر
That is the fire of error: whoever warms himself at it
That is the fire of passion, whoever is inflamed by it
burns from its warmth in the chilly season.
Burns with warmth in precarious times
وَلِهَذيand for this الراحِwine ريحٌa wind عَصَفَتraged
وَلِهَذي الراحِ ريحٌ عَصَفَت
بِهَشيمِthrough the dry stubble of اللُبّبِthe mind فيin ريحٍwind وَصِرand bitter cold
بِهَشيمِ اللُبّبِ في ريحٍ وَصِر
And this wine has a wind that raged
And this gentle breeze blew
through the mind's dry stubble, amid wind and bitter cold.
With debris of affections in a tender wind
لُؤِمَتwas deemed base كَرمِيَّةٌgrape wine تَشرَبُهاyou drink it
لُؤِمَت كَرمِيَّةٌ تَشرَبُها
وَنَداماكَand your drinking companions حَصورٌan abstainer وَحَصِرand a tongue-tied man
وَنَداماكَ حَصورٌ وَحَصِر
Deemed base is the grape wine you drink,
A grape juice is sipped
while your drinking companions are an abstainer and a tongue-tied man.
And dates picked ripe and fresh
أَلِوَينِis it for the black grapes of اللَيلِthe night تمريyou milk قَهوَةًwine
أَلِوَينِ اللَيلِ تمري قَهوَةً
وَمُلّاحِيَّand the white grapes of الثَرَيّاthe Pleiades تَعتَصِرyou press
وَمُلّاحِيَّ الثَرَيّا تَعتَصِر
Do you milk the night's black grapes for wine,
In the dark of night coffee passes
and press the Pleiades' white grapes?
And the presser of grapes squeezes
أَيُصِرُّdoes he bind up? الخَمرَthe wine فيin أَخلافِهاits teats
أَيُصِرُّ الخَمرَ في أَخلافِها
حالِبٌa milker يَحتَلِبُmilks الغاويthe erring man المُصِرthe obstinate one
حالِبٌ يَحتَلِبُ الغاوي المُصِر
Is wine bound up in its teats
Does the vintner ferment wine in its casks
by a milker who milks the obstinate sinner?
While the desirous sipper sips insistently
عِشlive نَقِيَّpure in العِرضِhonor أَنthat تَترُكَهاyou abandon it
عِش نَقِيَّ العِرضِ أَن تَترُكَها
وَإِذاand when مُتَّyou die فَلِلرَحمَةِthen to mercy صِرpass
وَإِذا مُتَّ فَلِلرَحمَةِ صِر
Live with honor pure by abandoning it,
Live pure of reputation, leave it
and when you die, pass into mercy.
And when dead, you’re to mercy delivered
حَجَّmade the pilgrimage مِنfrom غَيرِother than تُقاًpiety صاحِبُناour companion
حَجَّ مِن غَيرِ تُقاً صاحِبُنا
كَأَخيlike the kinsman of بُحتُرَBuhtur عامَin the year of المُنتَصِرal-Muntasir
كَأَخي بُحتُرَ عامَ المُنتَصِر
Our companion made the pilgrimage without piety,
Our friend performed Hajj without ritual purity
like Buhtur's kinsman in the year of al-Muntasir.
Like a loved one performed Hajj the year of Muntasir
Claude 2 is inferred from the historical translator configuration. The original record does not identify its model.