دَعِleave البَساتينَthe gardens مِنof وَردٍroses وَتُفّاحِand apples
دَعِ البَساتينَ مِن وَردٍ وَتُفّاحِ
وَاِعدِلand turn هُديتَmay you be guided إِلىto ذاتِthe place of الأُكَيراحِal-Ukayrah (little monasteries)
وَاِعدِل هُديتَ إِلى ذاتِ الأُكَيراحِ
Leave the gardens of roses and apples,
Leave the gardens of roses and apples,
Forsake the gardens with their roses and apples,
And turn—may you be guided—to Dhat al-Ukayrah, the place of little monasteries.
And turn your gift to the great scholars,
And turn—may you be guided—toward the cloistered cells,
اِعدِلturn إِلىto نَفَرٍa group of men دَقَّتhave grown thin شُخوصُهُمُtheir figures
اِعدِل إِلى نَفَرٍ دَقَّت شُخوصُهُمُ
مِنَfrom العِبادَةِworship إِلّاnothing but نِضوَwasted remnants أَشباحِbodies
مِنَ العِبادَةِ إِلّا نِضوَ أَشباحِ
Turn to a company whose figures have grown thin
Turn to the people whose forms are worn down
Turn to a company whose figures have grown slight,
From worship—nothing but gaunt remnants of bodies.
From worship, except the radiance of their spirits,
Wasted by worship until they seem but worn-out wraiths,
يُكَرِّرونَthey ring repeatedly نَواقيساًchurch bells مُرَجَّعَةًreverberating
يُكَرِّرونَ نَواقيساً مُرَجَّعَةً
عَلىaccompanying الزَبورِthe Psalms بِإِمساءٍat evening وَإِصباحِand at dawn
عَلى الزَبورِ بِإِمساءٍ وَإِصباحِ
They repeatedly ring reverberating bells,
They repeat polished bells
They strike the bells, repeating their resonant chimes,
Accompanying the Psalms at evening and at dawn.
Upon the Psalms, morning and evening,
Chanted over the Psalms at dusk and at dawn,
تَنأىyou draw away بِسَمعِكَwith your hearing عَنfrom صَوتٍa sound تَكَرَّهُهُyou detest it
تَنأى بِسَمعِكَ عَن صَوتٍ تَكَرَّهُهُ
فَلَستَfor you do not تَسمَعُhear فيهِin it صَوتَthe voice of فَلّاحِa farmer
فَلَستَ تَسمَعُ فيهِ صَوتَ فَلّاحِ
You draw your hearing away from a sound you detest;
Keep your hearing away from any voice you dislike,
There, you shield your hearing from sounds you detest;
For there you hear no farmer’s voice,
Then you won't hear in it the voice of a peasant,
You shall not hear in that place the shout of the plowman,
إِلّاonly الدِراسَةَrecitation لِلإِنجيلِof the Gospel مِنfrom كُتُبٍbooks
إِلّا الدِراسَةَ لِلإِنجيلِ مِن كُتُبٍ
ذِكرَmention المَسيحِChrist بِإِبلاجٍwith clarity وَإِفصاحِand clear expression
ذِكرَ المَسيحِ بِإِبلاجٍ وَإِفصاحِ
Only the recitation of the Gospel from books,
Only studying the Gospels of the books,
Naught but the study of the Gospel from the scriptures,
The mention of Christ, clearly and plainly expressed.
Mentioning Christ with eloquence and clarity,
And the mention of the Messiah with clarity and grace,
ياO! طيبَهُمtheir pleasantness وَعَتيقُand aged الراحِwine تُحفَتُهُمtheir gift
يا طيبَهُم وَعَتيقُ الراحِ تُحفَتُهُم
بِكُلِّin every نَوعٍkind مِنَof الطاساتِthe drinking bowls رَحراحِbroad
بِكُلِّ نَوعٍ مِنَ الطاساتِ رَحراحِ
How delightful they are! Aged wine is their gift,
O you, their perfume, and matured spirit, their gift
How delightful they are, when vintage wine is their offering,
In every kind of broad drinking bowl.
Is adorned with all kinds of silver trays clattering,
Served in every manner of wide, flowing chalice,
يَسقيكَهاhe gives it to you to drink مُدمَجُwell-knit الخَصرَينِboth sides of the waist ذوpossessing هَيَفٍslenderness
يَسقيكَها مُدمَجُ الخَصرَينِ ذو هَيَفٍ
أَخوwearer of مَدارِعِtunics صوفٍwool فَوقَover أَمساحِhaircloth garments
أَخو مَدارِعِ صوفٍ فَوقَ أَمساحِ
One trim-waisted and slender serves it to you,
It is served to you by the slender-waisted one, with elegance,
Poured for you by a slender youth, compact of waist,
A wearer of woolen tunics over haircloth.
A brother of cloaks of wool above beauty marks.
A brother in woolen robes worn over rough haircloth.
Sol 6.1