شُئِمتِMay you be ill-fated ياO هِمَّةًambition عادَتbecame again شَآمِيَّةًSyrian
شُئِمتِ يا هِمَّةً عادَت شَآمِيَّةً
مِنfrom بَعدِafter ماthat أوطِنَتit was settled عَصراًfor a time بِبَغداذِin Baghdad
مِن بَعدِ ما أوطِنَت عَصراً بِبَغداذِ
May ill fortune be yours, O ambition turned Syrian again,
after having been settled a while in Baghdad.
وَلَستِand you are not ذاتَpossessed of نَخيلٍdate palms لاno وَلاnor أُنُفٍfresh wine
وَلَستِ ذاتَ نَخيلٍ لا وَلا أُنُفٍ
كَرمِيَّةٍof the grapevine فَتَقوليso that you might say شَفَّنيhas wasted me داذيdādhi (a wine additive)
كَرمِيَّةٍ فَتَقولي شَفَّني داذي
You have no date palms—no—nor fresh
grape wine, that you should say, “Dādhi has wasted me.”
Sol 6.1