I said,
Holyman pour me from the bowl
full the cup to the top
the essence of my being enriches
when I finish a cup of wine.

He said, you will be burned day after day
night after night
if you don't obey the order of God.

I said,
Destiny was created from the beginning by God
don't blame me for something that is already written,

the highway of fate can't be emended or destroyed.

He said,
If you want His grace renounce drinking wine
the integrity doesn't come from consuming wine.

I said,
If drinking was forbidden why did He create
the grapevine
the dust of an old beauty and young
makes fertile an exquisite wine.
The miracle of wine cleanses my soul
once I die
I will never return to the tavern of life.

He said, Why don't you come to the house of God
worshiping is a daily obligation to God.

I said, Why should I move from tavern to mosque?
I gave up the temple because of your facade.
You are the Holyman wearing the mask
I'm naked inside out
a blind acceptance is alien to my mind.
You are casting doubt on my fate
but in my heart I already have the love of God.

He said,
Why don't you become wise
before you face the anger of God.

I said,
I found heaven on earth
drinking wine clears my mind.
Like flowers once I die
the wind will disperse my dust in the garden of life.
I wonder why I should give up the wine
having something else with no value,
tell me why should I buy?

He said,
The road of life is clear
something you must already learn from the passage of
time.

I said,
I become sober when I sip the wine
the road of wisdom becomes wide.
The vessel speaks to me about the past
the aging wine enriches the wisdom before I die.

He said,
You are uninformed you live in the dark
why don't you listen
the words of my wisdom will bring you back to the light.

I said,
Holyman I might be unaware of what is your intention
my mind graced with liberty,
unlike your masked perception.
I often wonder what was the benefit of creation
from the store keepers of religion.
I live for here and now
you can live for heaven.
You go to the temple to wash your sin
I go to the tavern to free my soul from the agony of religion.

He said,
You must be living without a guide
intuition tells me you lost your sight.

I said,
The sun smiles at me each day.
I salute the fellowship with gladness.
I created an island in me no one can destroy
living in the fields of honesty is my guide.
I don't have to submit to you.
I will seek forgiveness if I found myself wrong.

He said,
Don't consume me I don't have the whole night
burning in hell would be a lesson you may never forget.

I said,
Unlike you I never cry for heaven,
everything lives, eventually dies
nothing makes me safe, except what I feel inside.
If I worship or not, it wouldn't change my direction
goodness is my ultimate destination.

He said,
It is strange to tell,
you even can't define the right from wrong.
The vision of wisdom never nested in your mind.

I said,
The one who is unenlightened never sees wrong.
All I hear from you is in a wrong camp I belong.
Eternity would be living in this garden before I die.
Let me empty the last glass of wine.
I write love songs every night
awakens in me the beauty of life.
I wonder why you can't see the desire of a heart
You can have the heaven,
leave me with a bottle of wine.

He said,
Pour me a sip to prove you wrong.
I often wonder about the evil of wine.

I filled the cup with an aging wine.

The Holyman dropped the beads and said,
Forgive me God
I'm trying to prove this creature wrong.

He raised the cup finished the last drop.

I feel nothing, he said,
the evil can't possess my mind
pour me some more darker wine.

I won't bore you my friend,
the night was long
The Holyman and I had an eventful time.
He abandoned the veil of judgment,
he become a wiseman in the tavern of life.
Heaven and hell were no longer the theme of the night,
the beauty of life become admiration of the wise
guide.

He said,
Nothing makes you thoughtful but friendship with wine
when we finished the last precious cup of wine.