شربdrinking النبيذthe wine بلاwithout غناsong
شرب النبيذ بلا غنا
كالماءlike water أفردset apart عنfrom إناa vessel
كالماء أفرد عن إنا
To drink wine without song
Drinking wine without song
is like water set apart from a vessel,
Is like water set apart from a vessel,
أوor كامرىءlike a man متمنيّاwishing
أو كامرىء متمنيّا
فإذاthen, when اغتدىhe rose in the morning عدمhe lacked المنىthe wished-for things
فإذا اغتدى عدم المنى
or like a man, yearning,
Or like a man full of wishes
who, when he sets out at dawn, is bereft of his hopes.
Who, come morning, finds his wishes gone.
وأشدّand worse منthan شربdrinking النبيthe wine (word continues next line)
وأشدّ من شرب النبي
ذfinal fragment of ‘wine’ بلاwithout نديمa drinking companion أوor غناsong
ذ بلا نديم أو غنا
And more grievous than drinking wi—
And worse than drinking wine
—ne without a drinking companion or song
Without a drinking companion or song
شربdrinking النبيذthe wine علىin السكوتsilence
شرب النبيذ على السكوت
لخوفfor fear of أولادchildren
لخوف أولاد
is drinking wine in silence,
Is drinking wine in silence
for fear of one’s children.
For fear of children.
Sol 6.1