29 Who has dread or sorrow or contentions?

≈ Who has complaints, or needless wounds, or bloodshot eyes.

30 It’s those who linger over wine,

or try various mixed drinks.

31 Don’t look at wine when it’s red and sparkling in the cup,

and when it would slide down smoothly.

32 → In the end it bites like a snake,

≈ and stings like a viper.

33 → Then your eyes will see strange things,

≈ and perverse things in your mind will get spoken.

34 → You’ll feel like someone sleeping out in the ocean—

≈ just like someone lying down at the top of a mast.

35 You’ll say, “They hit me but it didn’t hurt.

They beat me but I couldn’t feel it.

When will I wake up? I’ll have some more—where is it?”