هِيَit الراحُthe wine أَهلاًworthy لِطولِof the length of الهِجاءِinvective
هِيَ الراحُ أَهلاً لِطولِ الهِجاءِ
وَإِنand even if خَصَّهاsingled it out مَعشَرٌa group بِالمِدَحwith praises
وَإِن خَصَّها مَعشَرٌ بِالمِدَح
Wine deserves prolonged invective,
She is the breeze, a welcome for prolonged satire,
even if a group singles it out for praise.
Though some may reserve her for praise,
فَلاso let not تُعجِبَنكَcharm you عَروسُthe bride المُدامِwine
فَلا تُعجِبَنكَ عَروسُ المُدامِ
وَلاand let not يُطرِبَنكَenrapture you مُغَنٍّa singer صَدَحsang out
وَلا يُطرِبَنكَ مُغَنٍّ صَدَح
So let not the bride of wine charm you,
Do not be amazed by the bride of wine,
nor let a singer singing out enrapture you.
Nor let a singing minstrel enchant you,
وَمَنand whoever يَفتَقِدloses لُبَّهُhis reason ساعَةًfor an hour
وَمَن يَفتَقِد لُبَّهُ ساعَةً
فَقَدthen indeed ماتَhas died فيهاduring it بِخَطبٍfrom a calamity فَدَحcrushing
فَقَد ماتَ فيها بِخَطبٍ فَدَح
And whoever loses his reason for an hour
And he who for an hour misses his heart,
has indeed died during it from a crushing calamity.
Then in it he dies, lost in ample discourse,
قَبيحٌshameful بِمَنfor one عَدَّcounted بَعضَone of البِحارِthe seas
قَبيحٌ بِمَن عَدَّ بَعضَ البِحارِ
تَغريقُهُhis drowning نَفسَهُhimself فيin قَدَحa cup
تَغريقُهُ نَفسَهُ في قَدَح
It is shameful for one reckoned among the seas
Ugly is he who counts some of the seas
to drown himself in a cup.
As his drowning himself in a cup.
Sol 6.1