The fast is over and the Eid has come

روزه یک‌سو شد و عید آمد و دل‌ها برخاست

The fast has gone aside, the Eid has come, and hearts have risen;

می ز خم‌خانه به‌جوش آمد و می‌ باید خواست

wine has come to a boil in the wine-store, and wine must be called for.

نوبه زهدفروشان گران‌جان بگذشت

The turn of the heavy-souled sellers of piety has passed;

وقت رندی و طرب کردن رندان پیداست

the time of rendi and of the rends' merrymaking is here.

چه ملامت بود آن را که چنین باده خورد؟

What blame is there for one who drinks such wine?

این چه عیب است بدین بی‌خردی؟ وین چه خطاست؟

What fault is this, what folly? And what wrong is this?

باده‌نوشی که در او روی و ریایی نبود

A wine-drinker in whom there is no pretence or show

بهتر از زهدفروشی که در او روی و ریاست

is better than a piety-seller made of pretence and show.

ما نه رندان ریاییم و حریفان نفاق

We are not rends of hypocrisy or companions of deceit;

آن‌که او عالم سر است، بدین حال گواست

He who knows all secrets is witness to this state.

فرض ایزد بگزاریم و به کس بد نکنیم

We perform what God requires and do harm to no one,

وان چه گویند روا نیست، نگوییم رواست

and what they say is not lawful, we do not call lawful.

چه شود گر من و تو چند قدح باده خوریم؟

What harm if you and I drink a few cups of wine?

باده از خون رزان است، نه از خون شماست

Wine is the blood of the vines, not your blood.

این چه عیب است کز آن عیب، خلل خواهد بود؟

What kind of fault is this, that any damage should come of it?

ور بود نیز چه شد؟ مردم بی‌عیب کجاست؟

And if it did, what then? Where is the person without fault?