قُعودُكَ في الشَربِ الكِرامِ بَلِيَّةٌ

قُعودُكَ في الشَربِ الكِرامِ بَلِيَّةٌ

وَرَأسُكَ في الإِكليلِ إِحدى الكَبائِرِ

وَرَأسُكَ في الإِكليلِ إِحدى الكَبائِرِ

Your sitting among noble drinking companions is a calamity;

Your sitting at generous drinking is a calamity,

and your head wearing the wreath is one of the grave sins.

And your head wreathed is one of the grave sins.

فَما نَطَفَت كَأسٌ وَلا طابَ طَعمُها

فَما نَطَفَت كَأسٌ وَلا طابَ طَعمُها

ضَرَبتَ عَلى جَمّاتِها بِالمَشافِرِ

ضَرَبتَ عَلى جَمّاتِها بِالمَشافِرِ

So no cup dripped, nor did it taste pleasant,

So no cup was drained, nor did its taste please—

once you struck its brimming contents with your camel-like lips.

You slammed its gatherings with your nails.