إِصفَحforgive وَجاهِرand speak openly بِالمُرادِabout what is intended الفَتىthe young man
إِصفَح وَجاهِر بِالمُرادِ الفَتى
وَلاand let not يَقولواthem say هُوَhe مُغتابُa backbiter
وَلا يَقولوا هُوَ مُغتابُ
Forgive, and tell the young man openly what you mean,
and let them not say, “He is a backbiter.”
إِنif رابَناunsettles us الدَهرُTime بِأَفعالِهِwith its deeds
إِن رابَنا الدَهرُ بِأَفعالِهِ
فَكُلُّناthen all of us بِالدَهرِof Time مُرتابُdistrustful
فَكُلُّنا بِالدَهرِ مُرتابُ
If Time unsettles us with its deeds,
then all of us distrust Time.
فَاِعفُso pardon وَلاand do not تَعتَبfind fault عَليهِwith it فَكَمfor how many
فَاِعفُ وَلا تَعتَب عَليهِ فَكَم
أَودىperished بِهِthrough it عَوفٌAwf وَعَتّابُand Attab
أَودى بِهِ عَوفٌ وَعَتّابُ
So pardon it and do not reproach it; for many an
Awf, many an Attab, has perished through it.
لَوif ضُرِبَwere struck الغاوُونَthe wayward بِالسَيفِwith the sword لاnot
لَو ضُرِبَ الغاوُونَ بِالسَيفِ لا
بِالسَوطِwith the whip حَدَّas the prescribed penalty for الخَمرِwine ماnot تابواthey would repent
بِالسَوطِ حَدَّ الخَمرِ ما تابوا
If the wayward were struck with the sword, not
with the whip, as punishment for drinking wine, they would not repent.
تِلكَthat wine مَنwhoever اِجتابَتhas donned لَهُbelonging to him صورَةٌa form
تِلكَ مَن اِجتابَت لَهُ صورَةٌ
فَهوَthen he لِسُخطِin the wrath of اللَهِGod مُجتابُclad
فَهوَ لِسُخطِ اللَهِ مُجتابُ
Whoever's form has donned that wine
is clad in the wrath of God.
نِمناwe slept عَلىin الشَيبِgray-haired age فَهَلso did زارَناvisit us
نِمنا عَلى الشَيبِ فَهَل زارَنا
طَيفٌa phantom لِأَصلِof the beginning of الشَرخِyouth مُنتابُreturning
طَيفٌ لِأَصلِ الشَرخِ مُنتابُ
We slept in gray-haired age—did there visit us
a returning phantom of youth's first days?
هَيهاتَfar from it! لاnot تَحمِلُهُcarry it نَحوَناtoward us
هَيهاتَ لا تَحمِلُهُ نَحوَنا
سُروجُsaddles أَفراسٍhorses وَأَقتابُand camels' packsaddles
سُروجُ أَفراسٍ وَأَقتابُ
Far from it! It cannot be carried toward us
by horses' saddles or camels' packsaddles.
Sol 6.1