ياO أَيُّهاyou الناسُthe people جازَexceeded المَدحُpraise قَدرَكُمُyour worth
يا أَيُّها الناسُ جازَ المَدحُ قَدرَكُمُ
وَقَصَّرَتand fell short عَنof مَدىextent مَولاكُمُyour lord المِدَحُpraises
وَقَصَّرَت عَن مَدى مَولاكُمُ المِدَحُ
O people, praise has exceeded your worth,
And praises have fallen short of your lord's stature.
إِذاwhen اِستَعانواthey sought aid بِأَقداحٍwith goblets لَهاfor them قِيَمٌvalues
إِذا اِستَعانوا بِأَقداحٍ لَها قِيَمٌ
عَلىfor المُدامَةِwine فَالإِثمُso sin الَّذيthat which قَدَحواthey scooped up
عَلى المُدامَةِ فَالإِثمُ الَّذي قَدَحوا
When they make use of valuable goblets
For wine, it is sin they have scooped up.
وَعِندَهُمand with them مُسمِعاتٌfemale singers يَأذَنونَthey listen لَهاto them
وَعِندَهُم مُسمِعاتٌ يَأذَنونَ لَها
ماno لِلمَسامِعِfor the ears عَمّاfrom what قُلنَthey said مُنتَدَحُescape
ما لِلمَسامِعِ عَمّا قُلنَ مُنتَدَحُ
And they have songstresses to whom they listen;
The ears have no escape from what they have said.
قالواthey said غَدَونَthey became مُصيباتِaccurate in الغِناءِsinging لَناfor us
قالوا غَدَونَ مُصيباتِ الغِناءِ لَنا
وَتِلكَand those عِنديin my view مُصيباتٌcalamities لَهُمfor them فُدُحُgrievous
وَتِلكَ عِندي مُصيباتٌ لَهُم فُدُحُ
They said, 'They have become adept at singing for us';
But those, to my mind, are grievous calamities for them.
عَنِfrom الطَواويسِthe peacocks ماwhat يَلبَسنَthey wear مُستَرَقٌstolen
عَنِ الطَواويسِ ما يَلبَسنَ مُستَرَقٌ
وَهُنَّand they بَعدُafter all قَماريُّturtledoves الضُحىmidmorning الصُدُحُthe loud-singing ones
وَهُنَّ بَعدُ قَماريُّ الضُحى الصُدُحُ
What they wear is stolen from the peacocks,
And they are, after all, the loud-singing turtledoves of midmorning.
Sol 6.1