اِستَعدَتِ الخَمرُ مِن أَفعالِ شارِبِها

اِستَعدَتِ الخَمرُ مِن أَفعالِ شارِبِها

إِلى المَليكِ فَقالَت شَجَّ ثُمَّ قَتَل

إِلى المَليكِ فَقالَت شَجَّ ثُمَّ قَتَل

Wine sought redress for the deeds of her drinker,

The wine prepared from the deeds of its drinker

from the king, saying: “He gashed me, then killed me.”

To the King, it said "He slapped and then killed"

وَجارِحُ الدَنِّ ما كانَت جِراحَتُهُ

وَجارِحُ الدَنِّ ما كانَت جِراحَتُهُ

قِصاصَ عَمدٍ وَلَكِن لِلمُدامِ خَتَل

قِصاصَ عَمدٍ وَلَكِن لِلمُدامِ خَتَل

And the cask’s assailant—his wounding was not

And the sinner of vileness, his wounding

retribution for deliberate wrongdoing, but treachery against wine.

Was not intentional, but due to intoxication

يَوَدُّ أَنَّ دُجاهُ فارُ خابِيَةٍ

يَوَدُّ أَنَّ دُجاهُ فارُ خابِيَةٍ

وَأَنَّ كُلَّ غَمامٍ بِالعُقارِ هَتَل

وَأَنَّ كُلَّ غَمامٍ بِالعُقارِ هَتَل

He wishes his darkness were a wine jar’s vapor,

He wishes the stars of Little Bear constellation

and that every cloud poured down wine.

And every cloud with thunderbolt would collide

ماذا تُريدينَ مِنهُ قَد ظَفِرتِ بِهِ

ماذا تُريدينَ مِنهُ قَد ظَفِرتِ بِهِ

أَلَم تَريهِ صَريعاً في التُرابِ يُتِل

أَلَم تَريهِ صَريعاً في التُرابِ يُتِل

“What do you want from him? You have already overcome him.

What more do you want from him, you got him

Have you not seen him sprawled in the dust, cast down?”

Don't you see him fallen in the dust writhing