قُلsay للذيto the one who تَركَgave up جاهلاًin ignorance
قُل للذي تَركَ جاهلاً
وَلَهُand he has بكاساتِfor cups of المدامwine وُلوعُa passion
وَلَهُ بكاساتِ المدام وُلوعُ
Say to the one who gave it up in ignorance,
Tell the one who ignorantly abandoned,
Though he has a passion for cups of wine:
and was distraught from wineglasses,
إنّindeed المدامةwine إنif أَردتَyou seek تَطَوّعاًvoluntary devotion
إنّ المدامة إن أَردتَ تَطَوّعاً
لَهيَit is indeed المحرَمthe forbidden thing والحشيشُand hashish رَبيعُspring
لَهيَ المحرَم والحشيشُ رَبيعُ
Wine, if you seek voluntary devotion,
indeed intoxication, if you wish instead as leisure,
Is indeed forbidden, while hashish is spring.
it is forbidden, and hashish is blissful spring.