لاdo not تأخُذَنِّيhold me accountable بجُرمِfor the offense of كاساتِwinecups
لا تأخُذَنِّي بجُرمِ كاساتِ
فماfor … are not جناياتُهاtheir offenses جِناياتيmy offenses
فما جناياتُها جِناياتي
Do not hold me accountable for the winecups’ offense;
Do not blame me for the sins of goblets,
for their offenses are not my offenses.
Their crimes are not my crimes.
فالسُّكرُfor drunkenness بَرِّيِّةٌa wilderness بلاwithout عَلَمٍa landmark
فالسُّكرُ بَرِّيِّةٌ بلا عَلَمٍ
يَضَلُّloses his way فيهاin it أخوone versed in الهِداياتِguidance
يَضَلُّ فيها أخو الهِداياتِ
For drunkenness is a wilderness without a landmark,
Drunkenness is an innocent ignorance
where one versed in guidance loses his way.
In which the wise may stray.
إنif كنتَyou are عنيfrom me الغداةَthis morning مُنصرِفاًturning away
إن كنتَ عني الغداةَ مُنصرِفاً
فالحَظْthen heed ثنائيmy praise والحظْand heed مُوالاتيmy loyalty
فالحَظْ ثنائي والحظْ مُوالاتي
If you are turning away from me this morning,
If you turn from me in the morning,
then heed my praise, and heed my loyalty.
Then fortune is with me in the evening.
وإنand if جرَتoccurred زَلَّةٌa lapse علىin a state of سَكَرٍdrunkenness
وإن جرَت زَلَّةٌ على سَكَرٍ
فإنهاthen indeed it is اليومَtoday بِكرُthe first of زَلاَّتيmy lapses
فإنها اليومَ بِكرُ زَلاَّتي
And if a lapse occurred in drunkenness,
And if in drunkenness I stumble,
then today it is the first of my lapses.
Then this is the first of my stumbles today.
Sol 6.1