1. إِمدَحِ الكَأسَ وَمَن أَعمَلَها

    وَاِهجُ قَوماً قَتَلونا بِالعَطَش

    Praise the cup and whoever put it to use.

    And lampoon a people who killed us with thirst.

  2. إِنَّما الكَأسُ رَبيعٌ باكِرٌ

    فَإِذا ما غابَ عَنّا لَم نعش

    The cup is but an early spring;

    So when it is absent from us, we do not live.