أَيُّهَاO you النِّحرِيرُconsummate scholar عِلماًin learning
أَيُّهَا النِّحرِيرُ عِلماً
فِيin قَدِيمٍancient things وَحَدِيثٍand new things
فِي قَدِيمٍ وَحَدِيثٍ
O you, master of learning,
O you who excel in knowledge
In matters ancient and new,
Of ancient and modern lore
كَلِبَgrew fierce البَردُthe cold عَلَينَاupon us
كَلِبَ البَردُ عَلَينَا
بَينَbetween حَزنٍrough ground وَدَمِيثٍand soft ground
بَينَ حَزنٍ وَدَمِيثٍ
The cold has grown fierce upon us,
The cold has bitten us
Amid rough ground and soft.
Between sorrow and flowing blood
وَشِفَائِيand my cure فِيin شَمُولِwine
وَشِفَائِي فِي شَمُولِ
عُصِرَتwas pressed فِيin عَهدِthe age of شِيثِSeth
عُصِرَت فِي عَهدِ شِيثِ
And my cure lies in wine
And my remedy lies in the comprehensiveness
Pressed in the age of Seth.
Of an era, in the time of Seth
ثُمَّthen مُنُّواbestow your favor بِلقَائِيby meeting me
ثُمَّ مُنُّوا بِلقَائِي
وَسَلُونِيand ask me عَنabout حَدِيثِa tale
وَسَلُونِي عَن حَدِيثِ
Then do me the kindness of meeting me,
Then wish to meet with me
And ask me about a tale.
And ask me about the news
Sol 6.1