أقْرَرْتَyou gladdened ياO ابنَson of العَصَبِal-ʿAṣab العُيُوناthe eyes
أقْرَرْتَ يا ابنَ العَصَبِ العُيُونا
ورُحْتَand you became حبلاًa rope للخَناfor lewdness مَتِيناsturdy
ورُحْتَ حبلاً للخَنا مَتِينا
You gladdened eyes, O Ibn al-ʿAṣab,
and became a sturdy rope for lewdness.
عَلَّمتَyou taught قُوماًsome people كيفَhow يَقْصُفُونَاthey carouse
عَلَّمتَ قُوماً كيفَ يَقْصُفُونَا
فاطَّرَحُواso they cast aside الحِشْمَةَmodesty مُسرِعيناin haste
فاطَّرَحُوا الحِشْمَةَ مُسرِعينا
You taught some people how to carouse,
so they hastily cast modesty aside
ودَخلواand they entered القُبَّةَthe domed pavilion آمنيناunafraid
ودَخلوا القُبَّةَ آمنينا
فأَكَلُواso they ate يومَهمُthroughout their day سَميناrich fare
فأَكَلُوا يومَهمُ سَمينا
and entered the domed pavilion unafraid.
They ate rich fare throughout their day,
ولمand did not يَكُنْbe سرورُهُمtheir joy مَمنوناcut short
ولم يَكُنْ سرورُهُم مَمنونا
ياO مَنْone who يَرىregards زُقَّthe wineskin of الدِّنانِthe wine jars دِيناa religion
يا مَنْ يَرى زُقَّ الدِّنانِ دِينا
and their joy was not cut short.
O you who deem the wine jars’ wineskin a religion,
ومَنْand one who يُداريcoaxes العيشَlife كيso that يَليناit grows gentle
ومَنْ يُداري العيشَ كي يَلينا
لاnot أسمعُI heed اللَّومَblame ولاnor التَّهجيناdisparagement
لا أسمعُ اللَّومَ ولا التَّهجينا
and who coax life so that it grows gentle,
I heed neither blame nor disparagement.
مالعيشُlife is not إلاّexcept للمُنىfor desires هُديناwe were guided
مالعيشُ إلاّ للمُنى هُدينا
مَؤونةًan expense فُضَّتْwas divided علىamong عِشريناtwenty
مَؤونةً فُضَّتْ على عِشرينا
Life is for desires alone; we were led
to an expense divided among twenty.
ولوand had تَفَرَّدْتَyou undertaken alone بهاit خَرِيناwe shat
ولو تَفَرَّدْتَ بها خَرِينا
And had you borne it alone, we would have shat.
Sol 6.1