قَلبيmy heart مَعtoward; with الحَيَوانِanimals لاnot (with the next token: especially)
قَلبي مَع الحَيَوانِ لا
سِيَماespecially (with the preceding token) مِنbecause of الأَضحَىthe Feast of Sacrifice شَفيقُcompassionate
سِيَما مِن الأَضحَى شَفيقُ
My heart, toward animals—especially
My heart is with the animals, especially the sacrificial ones
because of the Feast of Sacrifice—is tender.
I do not shed blood, and I cannot bear to see blood shed
أَناI لاnot أُريقُI shed دَماًblood ولَسand am not (word continues)
أَنا لا أُريقُ دَماً ولَس
تُI (ending of the preceding verb) أُطيقُI can bear أبصرُI see منwhoever يُريقُhe sheds
تُ أُطيقُ أبصرُ من يُريقُ
I shed no blood, nor
Lettuce, leeks, artichokes and radishes
can I bear to see anyone shed it.
And water is the best drink I’ve had, not aged wine
اللِّفتُturnips والكُرَّاثand leeks والقُنand cauliflower (word begins)
اللِّفتُ والكُرَّاث والقُن
نَبيطُcauliflower (word ends) والجَزَرُand carrots الصَّليقُboiled
نَبيطُ والجَزَرُ الصَّليقُ
Turnips and leeks, and
I have patience for abstinence, as the righteous ones were patient
cauliflower and boiled carrots;
I wake up no longer spirited, overwhelmed with worries when I wake
وَالماءُand water أَطيَبُthe best; the sweetest ماwhat شَرِبdrank (verb continues)
وَالماءُ أَطيَبُ ما شَرِب
تُI (ending of the preceding verb) عَلَيهِwith it لاnot الخَمرُwine العَتيقُaged
تُ عَلَيهِ لا الخَمرُ العَتيقُ
and water is the best thing I have drunk
Two drunkards are different until there is no path between them
with it—not aged wine.
This one burns hearts, while for the other it is heavenly nectar
حالٌa state صَبرتُI patiently endured عَلىin; upon القُنوcontentment (word begins)
حالٌ صَبرتُ عَلى القُنو
عِcontentment (word ends) بِهِwith it كَماjust as صَبرَhe patiently endured الصَّديقُthe friend
عِ بِهِ كَما صَبرَ الصَّديقُ
A state I have patiently endured, content
with it, just as the friend has endured.
أَصبَحتُI have become لَستُI am not أفيقُI sober up; I recover مِنfrom
أَصبَحتُ لَستُ أفيقُ مِن
هَمٍّsorrow; care وأصبحَand he has become لاnot يُفيقُhe sobers up
هَمٍّ وأصبحَ لا يُفيقُ
I have become unable to sober up from
sorrow; he too has become unable to sober up.
سكرانِtwo kinds of drunkenness مُختَلفانِdifferent from each other حَتso much that (word begins)
سكرانِ مُختَلفانِ حَت
تَىso much that (word ends) لَيسَthere is no بَينَهماbetween the two of them طَريقُa path
تَى لَيسَ بَينَهما طَريقُ
Two kinds of drunkenness, so different
that no path runs between them.
هَذاthis حَريقٌa fire فيin القُلوhearts (word begins)
هَذا حَريقٌ في القُلو
بِhearts (word ends) وذاand that لِشارِبِهِfor its drinker رَحيقُnectar
بِ وذا لِشارِبِهِ رَحيقُ
This is a fire in
hearts, and that is nectar to its drinker.
Partial English translation: 8 of 16 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1