أَصلِحreform أَباAbu (father of) صالِحٍSalih ياO رَبِّmy Lord إِنَّindeed لَهُhe has
أَصلِح أَبا صالِحٍ يا رَبِّ إِنَّ لَهُ
نِهايَةَthe utmost limit الوَصفِof description مِنof ظُلمٍinjustice وَعُدوانِand aggression
نِهايَةَ الوَصفِ مِن ظُلمٍ وَعُدوانِ
Reform Abu Salih, O my Lord, for his
O Lord, reform Abu Salih, for he
injustice and aggression reach the utmost that words can describe.
Has reached the utmost in oppression and wrongdoing.
بِتناwe spent the night بِقُطرُبُّلٍat Qutrubbul تَجريcirculate الكُؤوسَthe cups لَناfor us
بِتنا بِقُطرُبُّلٍ تَجري الكُؤوسَ لَنا
مِنof فائِضٍan overflowing one فيin يَدِthe hand of الساقيthe cupbearer وَمَلآنِand a full one
مِن فائِضٍ في يَدِ الساقي وَمَلآنِ
We spent the night at Qutrubbul, cups circulating among us,
We drank together in Qutrubbul, the cups
some overflowing in the cupbearer's hand, others brimful.
Overflowing from the surplus in the cupbearer's hand.
ثُمَّthen اِفتَرَقناwe parted عَلىin سُخطٍresentment وَمَعتَبَةٍand reproach
ثُمَّ اِفتَرَقنا عَلى سُخطٍ وَمَعتَبَةٍ
وَكَيفَand how يَتَّفِقُagree اللوطِيُّthe sodomite وَالزانيand the fornicator
وَكَيفَ يَتَّفِقُ اللوطِيُّ وَالزاني
Then we parted in resentment and reproach.
Then we parted in anger and discontent—
And how can the sodomite and the fornicator agree?
How can the pious man agree with the fornicator?
نِهايَةَthe utmost limit الوَصفِof description مِنof ظُلمٍinjustice وَعُدوانِand aggression
نِهايَةَ الوَصفِ مِن ظُلمٍ وَعُدوانِ
بِتناwe spent the night بِقُطرُبُّلٍat Qutrubbul تَجريcirculate الكُؤوسَthe cups لَناfor us
بِتنا بِقُطرُبُّلٍ تَجري الكُؤوسَ لَنا
injustice and aggression reach the utmost that words can describe.
We spent the night at Qutrubbul, cups circulating among us,
مِنof فائِضٍan overflowing one فيin يَدِthe hand of الساقيthe cupbearer وَمَلآنِand a full one
مِن فائِضٍ في يَدِ الساقي وَمَلآنِ
ثُمَّthen اِفتَرَقناwe parted عَلىin سُخطٍresentment وَمَعتَبَةٍand reproach
ثُمَّ اِفتَرَقنا عَلى سُخطٍ وَمَعتَبَةٍ
some overflowing in the cupbearer's hand, others brimful.
Then we parted in resentment and reproach.
وَكَيفَand how يَتَّفِقُagree اللوطِيُّthe sodomite وَالزانيand the fornicator
وَكَيفَ يَتَّفِقُ اللوطِيُّ وَالزاني
And how can the sodomite and the fornicator agree?
Partial English translation: 6 of 11 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1