ياO دَيرَmonastery حَنَّةَḤanna مِنof ذاتِDhāt الأُكَيراحِal-Ukayrāḥ
يا دَيرَ حَنَّةَ مِن ذاتِ الأُكَيراحِ
مَنwhoever يَصحُsobers up عَنكَfrom you فَإِنّيfor I لَستُI am not بِالصاحيsober
مَن يَصحُ عَنكَ فَإِنّي لَستُ بِالصاحي
O monastery of Ḥanna, in Dhāt al-Ukayrāḥ,
O monastery of Hannah of abundant pastures
O Monastery of Hannah in Dhat al-Ukayrah,
Whoever sobers up from you, I am not sober.
Who can defend you, for I am not able
whoever remains sober of you, I am certainly not the sober one.
رَأَيتُI saw فيكَin you ظِباءًgazelles لاno قُرونَhorns لَهاfor them
رَأَيتُ فيكَ ظِباءً لا قُرونَ لَها
يَلعَبنَthey play مِنّاof ours بِأَلبابٍwith minds وَأَرواحِand souls
يَلعَبنَ مِنّا بِأَلبابٍ وَأَرواحِ
I saw in you gazelles that have no horns,
I saw in you gazelles without horns
I saw within you gazelles that possess no horns,
Playing with our minds and souls.
Playing with our minds and souls
yet they toy sportively with our wits and our souls.
يَعتادُهُhe frequents it كُلُّevery مَحفوفٍdried out مَفارِقُهُhis hair-partings
يَعتادُهُ كُلُّ مَحفوفٍ مَفارِقُهُ
مِنَof الدِهانِanointing oil عَلَيهِupon him سَحقُtatters أَمساحِhaircloth garments
مِنَ الدِهانِ عَلَيهِ سَحقُ أَمساحِ
Every man whose hair-partings are dry frequents it,
Everyone who leaves gets accustomed to it
It is frequented by those with unkempt hair-partings,
For lack of oil, wearing tattered haircloth,
The plaster upon it is worth breaking pots
clad in worn-out sackcloth instead of grooming oils.
فيamong عُصبَةٍa band لَمdid not يَدَعleave مِنهُمof them تَخَوُّفُهُمtheir dread
في عُصبَةٍ لَم يَدَع مِنهُم تَخَوُّفُهُم
وُقوعَthe befalling ماwhat حُذِّروهُthey were warned of it غَيرَother than أَشباحِshadows
وُقوعَ ما حُذِّروهُ غَيرَ أَشباحِ
Among a band reduced by their dread
In a group that did not spare their fears
Among a company whose dread has left nothing of them—
Of what they were warned would befall them to mere shadows.
The occurrence of what they were warned of, other than ghosts
fearing the doom they were warned of—save for mere specters.
لاnot يَدلِفونَthey approach slowly إِلىto ماءٍwater بِآنِيَةٍwith vessels
لا يَدلِفونَ إِلى ماءٍ بِآنِيَةٍ
إِلّاexcept اِغتِرافاًscooping مِنَfrom الغُدرانِthe pools بِالراحِwith the palms
إِلّا اِغتِرافاً مِنَ الغُدرانِ بِالراحِ
They do not approach water carrying vessels,
They do not draw near water with vessels
They do not shuffle toward water carrying vessels,
But scoop it from the pools with their palms.
Except sipping from deceit with ease
save to scoop it from the pools with their open palms.
Sol 6.1