وَزِقٍّ وافِرِ الجَنبَي

وَزِقٍّ وافِرِ الجَنبَي

نِ مِثلِ الجَمَلِ البازِل

نِ مِثلِ الجَمَلِ البازِل

And a wineskin, bulging on both sides,

With abundant provisions on either flank

like a full-grown camel—

Like the enduring camel laden

بِهِ رُحتُ إِلى صَحبي

بِهِ رُحتُ إِلى صَحبي

وَنَدماني أَبي كامِل

وَنَدماني أَبي كامِل

with it I went to my companions

With it I went to my friends

and my drinking companion, Abu Kamil.

And my perfect father reproached me

شَرِبناهُ وَقَد بِتنا

شَرِبناهُ وَقَد بِتنا

بِأَعلى الدَيرِ بِالساحِل

بِأَعلى الدَيرِ بِالساحِل

We drank it as we spent the night

We drank it and slept

at the top of the monastery, by the shore.

At the monastery on the coast

وَلَم نَقبَل مِنَ الواشي

وَلَم نَقبَل مِنَ الواشي

قَبول الجاهِلِ الخاطِل

قَبول الجاهِلِ الخاطِل

And we did not heed the slanderer

And we did not accept from the slanderer

as an ignorant, muddle-headed man would.

The acceptance of the ignorant fool