1. يا من اضاعَ نُهاهُ في

    كأسٍ وحازَ بها الوَجَع

    O you who squandered your reason in

    a cup, and gained pain through it,

  2. ما مِثلُ قولي يا أُخَيَّ

    مُحاجياً أُسكُت رَجَع

    what is like my saying, my little brother,

    as I pose a riddle: 'Be silent'—'he returned'?