جانَبتُI shunned وَصلَintimacy with الغانِياتِthe beautiful women
جانَبتُ وَصلَ الغانِياتِ
وَصَحَوتُand I sobered up عَنfrom وَصلِintimacy with اللَواتيthose women who
وَصَحَوتُ عَن وَصلِ اللَواتي
I shunned intimacy with beautiful women,
and sobered from intimacy with those
نَعِمَتfound delight بِهِنَّin them عُيونُeyes مَنwhoever
نَعِمَت بِهِنَّ عُيونُ مَن
واصَلنَهُthey stayed with him حَتّىuntil المَماتِdeath
واصَلنَهُ حَتّى المَماتِ
who delighted the eyes of anyone
they stayed with until death.
فَدعِso leave الطلولَthe ruins لِجاهِلٍto an ignorant person
فَدعِ الطلولَ لِجاهِلٍ
يَبكيweeps over الدِيارَthe dwellings الخالِياتِthe deserted ones
يَبكي الدِيارَ الخالِياتِ
So leave the ruins to an ignorant man
who weeps over deserted dwellings.
وَدَعِand give up المَديحَpraise لِأَمرَدٍof a beardless youth
وَدَعِ المَديحَ لِأَمرَدٍ
وَلِخادِمِand of a servant وَلِغانِياتِand of beautiful women
وَلِخادِمِ وَلِغانِياتِ
And give up praise of a beardless youth,
and of a servant, and of beautiful women.
وَاِمدَحand praise رَغيفاًa loaf زانَهُadorned it
وَاِمدَح رَغيفاً زانَهُ
حَرفٌan edge (crust) يَجِلُّis exalted عَنِbeyond الصِفاتِdescriptions
حَرفٌ يَجِلُّ عَنِ الصِفاتِ
And praise a loaf adorned
by a crust beyond description.
يَدَعُleaves الحَليمَthe levelheaded person مُدَلَّهاًbesotted
يَدَعُ الحَليمَ مُدَلَّهاً
حَيرانَbewildered يَغلِطُmakes mistakes فيin الصَلاةِprayer
حَيرانَ يَغلِطُ في الصَلاةِ
It leaves the levelheaded man besotted,
bewildered, making mistakes in prayer.
وَكَأَنَّماand as though نَقشُmarkings الرَغيthe loa-
وَكَأَنَّما نَقشُ الرَغي
فِ-f (completing 'loaf') نُجومُstars لَيلٍnight طالِعاتِrising
فِ نُجومُ لَيلٍ طالِعاتِ
And it is as though the loaf's markings
were stars rising in the night.
مَنعُwithholding الرَغيفِthe loaf سَفاهَةٌfolly
مَنعُ الرَغيفِ سَفاهَةٌ
تَركُrelinquishing الرَغيفِthe loaf مِنَamong الهِباتِthe gifts
تَركُ الرَغيفِ مِنَ الهِباتِ
Withholding the loaf is folly;
parting with the loaf counts as a gift.
Sol 6.1