ياعَلِيٌّO Ali بَلrather ياO أَباAbu (father of) الحَسَنِal-Hasan الماthe owner (beginning)
ياعَلِيٌّ بَل يا أَبا الحَسَنِ الما
لِكَowner (completion) رِقَّbondage الظَريفَةِthe charming woman الحَسناءِthe beautiful
لِكَ رِقَّ الظَريفَةِ الحَسناءِ
O Ali—rather, O Abu al-Hasan, who holds
O Ali, or rather O Abu al-Hasan who
the charming, beautiful woman in bondage.
Charmed the graceful beauty
إِتَّقِfear اللَهَGod أَنتَyou شاعِرُpoet of قَيسٍQays
إِتَّقِ اللَهَ أَنتَ شاعِرُ قَيسٍ
لاdo not تَكُنbe وَصمَةًa disgrace عَلىto الشُعَراءِthe poets
لا تَكُن وَصمَةً عَلى الشُعَراءِ
Fear God—you are the poet of Qays;
Fear Allah, you are the poet of Qays
do not be a disgrace to the poets.
Do not be a stain upon poets
إِنَّindeed إِخوانَكَyour companions المُقيمينَthose staying بِالأَمـyesterday (beginning)
إِنَّ إِخوانَكَ المُقيمينَ بِالأَمـ
ـسِyesterday (completion) أَتَواthey came لِلزِناءِfor fornication لاnot لِلغِناءِfor singing
ـسِ أَتَوا لِلزِناءِ لا لِلغِناءِ
Indeed, your companions who stayed yesterday
Verily your brothers staying overnight
came for fornication, not for singing.
Came for adultery, not for singing
أَنتَyou أَعمىblind وَلِلزُناةِand fornicators have هَناتٌmisdeeds
أَنتَ أَعمى وَلِلزُناةِ هَناتٌ
مُنكَراتٌabominable تَخفىare hidden عَلىfrom البُصَراءِthe sighted
مُنكَراتٌ تَخفى عَلى البُصَراءِ
You are blind, and fornicators have misdeeds—
You are blind while the adulterers have
abominable ones, concealed from the sighted.
Forbidden pleasures hidden from the seeing
هَبكَsuppose you تَستَسمِعُlisten attentively الحَديثَthe conversation فَماthen what عِلـknowledge (beginning)
هَبكَ تَستَسمِعُ الحَديثَ فَما عِلـ
ـمُكَyour knowledge (completion) فيهِin it بِالغَمزِof the winking وَالإيماءِand gestures
ـمُكَ فيهِ بِالغَمزِ وَالإيماءِ
Suppose you listen to the talk—what knowledge
You listen to conversation but your knowledge
have you of its winks and gestures,
Of winking, gesturing, ogling eyes
وَالدُعاباتِand playful exchanges بِالعُيونِwith the eyes وَبِالأَيـand with the hands (beginning)
وَالدُعاباتِ بِالعُيونِ وَبِالأَيـ
ـديhands (completion) وَأَخذِand arranging الميعادِthe appointment لِلإِلتِقاءِto meet
ـدي وَأَخذِ الميعادِ لِلإِلتِقاءِ
and playful exchanges with eyes and hands,
Taking trysts and grasping hands for the
and the arranging of a time to meet?
Rendezvous is deficient, gone awry
قَدindeed لَعَمريby my life تَوَرَّدواthey embarked upon خُطَّةَa course of الغَدtreachery (beginning)
قَد لَعَمري تَوَرَّدوا خُطَّةَ الغَد
رِtreachery (completion) وَجاؤواand they came بِالسَوأَةِwith the shameful deed السَوآءِhideous
رِ وَجاؤوا بِالسَوأَةِ السَوآءِ
Indeed, by my life, they have embarked on a course of treachery
By my life, they plotted their sin at dusk
and committed a hideous, shameful deed,
And came with the vilest immorality
غَيرَwithout ماat all (emphatic) ناظِرينَgiving thought فيto حُرمَةِthe sanctity of الوُدaffection (beginning)
غَيرَ ما ناظِرينَ في حُرمَةِ الوُد
دِaffection (completion) وَلاnor ذاكِرينَremembering عَهدَthe covenant of الإِخاءِbrotherhood
دِ وَلا ذاكِرينَ عَهدَ الإِخاءِ
with no regard for the sanctity of affection
No heed for sanctity of love, no thought
and no remembrance of the covenant of brotherhood.
Of remembered brotherhood have they
قَطَعواthey settled أَمرَهُمtheir affair وَأَنتَwhile you حِمارٌa donkey
قَطَعوا أَمرَهُم وَأَنتَ حِمارٌ
موقَرٌladen مِنwith بَلادَةٍdullness وَغَباءِand stupidity
موقَرٌ مِن بَلادَةٍ وَغَباءِ
They made their decision, while you are a donkey
They cut off their affair while you're a donkey
laden with dullness and stupidity.
Honored for stupidity and ignorance
Sol 6.1