رأيتُI saw ذنوبَthe sins of العالمينhumankind قبيحةًugly
رأيتُ ذنوبَ العالمين قبيحةً
وأقبحُهَاand the ugliest of them طُرًّاall مخامرةُdrinking الخمرِwine
وأقبحُهَا طُرًّا مخامرةُ الخمرِ
I found the sins of humankind ugly,
I saw the ugly sins of the two worlds,
And ugliest of them all is drinking wine.
And the ugliest of them is the intoxication of wine.
فإنfor indeed الخناdepravity صدعa fracture وفيand in العقلreason جبرةmending
فإن الخنا صدع وفي العقل جبرة
وإنand if لمnot يكنthere is عقللاreason (apparent typo) فيأساًthen despair منof الجبرmending
وإن لم يكن عقللا فيأساً من الجبر
For depravity is a fracture, and in reason lies its mending;
For immorality is a crack, and reason is a cast,
And if there is no reason, then despair of mending.
And if there is no reason, then there is despair from the cast.
فماthen what حالُthe state of مَنone who كلُّall المساويvices جميلةٌbeautiful
فما حالُ مَن كلُّ المساوي جميلةٌ
لديهto him وحتمand the decree of السرِّsecrecy فيin قبضةthe grasp of الجهرdisclosure
لديه وحتم السرِّ في قبضة الجهر
What, then, is the state of one when every vice seems beautiful
So what is the state of one for whom all roads are beautiful,
To him, and secrecy’s fate lies in disclosure’s grasp?
And the secret is firmly in the grip of disclosure.
يرىhe sees البدرthe full moon وهوthough it is البدرthe full moon فيin صبغةthe hue of الدُّجىdarkness
يرى البدر وهو البدر في صبغة الدُّجى
ويسمعand he hears لفظthe wording of النَّهيprohibition فيin صيغةthe form of الأمرa command
ويسمع لفظ النَّهي في صيغة الأمر
He sees the full moon—full moon though it is—in darkness’s hue,
He sees the full moon while he is in the dye of darkness,
And hears the words of prohibition in the form of a command.
And hears the words of prohibition in the form of commands.
وأعظمand greater منthan هذاthis وذلكand that كلِّهall of it
وأعظم من هذا وذلك كلِّه
عذابُthe torment of لظىًblazing fire ماnot لامرىءٍfor any person فيهin it منany الصبرendurance
عذابُ لظىً ما لامرىءٍ فيه من الصبر
And graver than this and all of that
And greater than this and all of that,
Is the torment of blazing fire, which no one can endure.
Is the torture of blazing heat in which there is no patience for a person.
Sol 6.1