بَينَbetween نَشوِintoxication الغِناwealth ونَشوِand intoxication المَعاليhigh honors
بَينَ نَشوِ الغِنا ونَشوِ المَعالي
وجَبَbecame obligatory العَفوُforgiveness عَنfor صُروفِvicissitudes اللَّياليthe nights
وجَبَ العَفوُ عَن صُروفِ اللَّيالي
Between the intoxication of wealth and the intoxication of high honors,
the vicissitudes of the nights must be forgiven.
ذاthis غِناءٌsufficiency وَذاand that غِناءsufficiency ولَمand did not يَبremain (first part)
ذا غِناءٌ وَذا غِناء ولَم يَب
قَremain (last part) سِوَىbeyond ذَينِthese two منيةٌa wish لِلرِّجالِfor men
قَ سِوَى ذَينِ منيةٌ لِلرِّجالِ
This suffices, and that suffices; no
wish remains for men beyond these two.
وعَجيبٌand strange بِأنin that يُسَمَّىhe is called بِشِبلٍby the name Shibl (Lion Cub)
وعَجيبٌ بِأن يُسَمَّى بِشِبلٍ
مَنone whose يَداهُhis two hands مَنيَّةُthe death of الأشبالِthe lion cubs
مَن يَداهُ مَنيَّةُ الأشبالِ
And strange it is that he is called Shibl,
one whose two hands are the death of lion cubs.
نَقلَتtransferred راحَتاهُhis two palms عُدميmy poverty إِلَيهِto him
نَقلَت راحَتاهُ عُدمي إِلَيهِ
وصَديقُand the friend of النَّدىgenerosity عَدوُّthe enemy of المالِwealth
وصَديقُ النَّدى عَدوُّ المالِ
His two palms transferred my poverty to him;
and generosity’s friend is wealth’s enemy.
فليلحّso let it persist الزمانُtime ماas much as شاءَit wishes فيupon حاmy condition (first part)
فليلحّ الزمانُ ما شاءَ في حا
ليmy condition (last part) فَماfor ... not يَستَطيعُit can تَغييرَchange حاليmy condition
لي فَما يَستَطيعُ تَغييرَ حالي
So let time press as it pleases upon my
condition, for it cannot change my condition.
Sol 6.1