هوit يَوْمa day شَكّdoubt ياO عَلِيْʿAlī (name, continued)
هو يَوْم شَكّ يا عَلِيْ
يٌcompletion of ʿAlī وشَرُّهand its evil مُذْsince كانَit came to be يُحْذَرْis feared
يٌ وشَرُّه مُذْ كانَ يُحْذَرْ
It is a day of doubt, O ʿAlī,
and its evil has been feared ever since it came to be.
والجَوُّand the air حُلَّتُهُits robe مُمَسْmusk-scented (first part)
والجَوُّ حُلَّتُهُ مُمَسْ
سَكَةٌmusk-scented (completion) ومطْرفهand its mantle مُعَنْبَرْambergris-scented
سَكَةٌ ومطْرفه مُعَنْبَرْ
The air's robe is scented
with musk, and its mantle with ambergris.
والماءُand the water فِضِّيُّsilvery القَميthe shirt (first part)
والماءُ فِضِّيُّ القَمي
صِshirt (completion) وطَيْلَسَانُand the mantle الأَرْضِthe earth أَخْضَرْgreen
صِ وطَيْلَسَانُ الأَرْضِ أَخْضَرْ
The water wears a silvery shirt,
and the earth's mantle is green:
نَبْتٌplants يُصَعِّدُraises زَهْرَهُits blossoms
نَبْتٌ يُصَعِّدُ زَهْرَهُ
فيin الرَّوْضِthe garden قَطْرُdrops نَدىًdew تَحَدَّرْdescended
في الرَّوْضِ قَطْرُ نَدىً تَحَدَّرْ
plants whose blossoms are raised
in the garden by falling drops of dew.
وأَخوand a possessor of الحِجَىsound judgment لَوْif كانَwere هَذاthis الْthe (article)
وأَخو الحِجَى لَوْ كانَ هَذا الْ
يَوْمُday مِنْin رَمَضانَRamadan أَفْطَرْwould break his fast
يَوْمُ مِنْ رَمَضانَ أَفْطَرْ
And a man of sense, if this
day were in Ramadan, would break his fast.
ولَناand we have فُضَيْلاتٌsmall leftovers تَكوbe (first part)
ولَنا فُضَيْلاتٌ تَكو
نُbe (completion) لِيَوْمِناfor our day قُوتاًsustenance مُقَدَّرْallotted
نُ لِيَوْمِنا قُوتاً مُقَدَّرْ
And we have a few leftovers that will
be our day's allotted sustenance;
ومُدامَةand wine صَفْراءyellow أَدْwitnessed (first part)
ومُدامَة صَفْراء أَدْ
رَكَwitnessed (completion) عُمْرَهاits age كِسْرىKisrā وقَيْصَرْand Caesar
رَكَ عُمْرَها كِسْرى وقَيْصَرْ
and yellow wine whose lifetime
Kisrā and Caesar witnessed.
وحَديثُناand our conversation ماwhat قَدْalready عَلِمْknew (first part)
وحَديثُنا ما قَدْ عَلِمْ
تَyou (verb ending) وشِعْرَناand our poetry ماwhat أَنْتَyou أَبْصَرْmore discerning
تَ وشِعْرَنا ما أَنْتَ أَبْصَرْ
And our conversation is what you already
know, and our poetry what you know best.
فَانْشطْso rouse yourself لَناfor us نَحْتَثَlet us quaff مِنْfrom
فَانْشطْ لَنا نَحْتَثَ مِنْ
كاساتِناour cups ماwhichever كانَwas أَكْبَرْlargest
كاساتِنا ما كانَ أَكْبَرْ
So rouse yourself for us; let us quaff from
whichever of our cups is largest.
أَوْor لاnot فَإِنَّكَfor you are جاهِلٌa fool
أَوْ لا فَإِنَّكَ جاهِلٌ
إِنْif قُلْتَyou say إِنَّكَthat you سَوفَwill تُعْذَرْyou are excused
إِنْ قُلْتَ إِنَّكَ سَوفَ تُعْذَرْ
Or do not—for you are a fool
if you say that you will be excused.
Sol 6.1