لَعُمرُكَby your life ماnot زَوجُhusband الفَتاةِthe young woman بِحازِمat all prudent
لَعُمرُكَ ما زَوجُ الفَتاةِ بِحازِم
إِذاwhen ماever (emphatic) النَدامىthe drinking companions فيin مَحَلَّتِهِhis quarter غَنَّواthey sang
إِذا ما النَدامى في مَحَلَّتِهِ غَنَّوا
By your life, the young woman's husband is no prudent man
When the drinking companions sing in his quarter,
أَتىhe came to بَيتَهُhis house بِالراحِwith wine وَالشُربِand the drinking companions لاهِياًheedlessly
أَتى بَيتَهُ بِالراحِ وَالشُربِ لاهِياً
فَإِمّاthen either رَنواthey gazed نَحوَtoward الظَعينَةِthe woman أَوor زَنَّواthey committed adultery
فَإِمّا رَنوا نَحوَ الظَعينَةِ أَو زَنَّوا
He comes home heedlessly with wine and drinking companions;
Then either they gaze toward the woman or commit adultery.
رَآهُمmay He see them عَلىin ماwhat يَكرَهُabhor الناسَpeople رَبُّهُمtheir Lord
رَآهُم عَلى ما يَكرَهُ الناسَ رَبُّهُم
وَعُذتُand I sought refuge بِهِin Him فيماconcerning what تَمَنَّواthey wished for وَماand what مَنَّواthey promised
وَعُذتُ بِهِ فيما تَمَنَّوا وَما مَنَّوا
May their Lord see them in a state that people abhor;
And I sought refuge in Him from what they wished for and what they promised.
وَدَدتُI wished بِعِلمِwith the knowledge of اللَهِGod أَنَّthat صَحابَتيmy companions
وَدَدتُ بِعِلمِ اللَهِ أَنَّ صَحابَتي
عَلىin كُلِّevery حالٍcircumstance أَفرَدونيthey left me alone فَماand did not ثَنّواthey paired me
عَلى كُلِّ حالٍ أَفرَدوني فَما ثَنّوا
I wished, as God knows, that my companions
Would leave me alone in every circumstance, never making me one of a pair.
إِذاif كانَare سُكّانُthe inhabitants البِلادِthe lands كَماas هُمُthey
إِذا كانَ سُكّانُ البِلادِ كَما هُمُ
فَلاso do not تَحفَلَنpay any heed إِنif صَغَّرواthey made diminutive اِسمِكَyour name أَوor كَنّواthey used an honorific byname
فَلا تَحفَلَن إِن صَغَّروا اِسمِكَ أَو كَنّوا
If the inhabitants of the lands are as they are,
Pay no heed if they use a diminutive of your name or an honorific byname.
يُنافِسُcompetes فيfor الدُنياthe world الخَسيسَةِpaltry جاهِلٌan ignorant man
يُنافِسُ في الدُنيا الخَسيسَةِ جاهِلٌ
رُوَيدُكَbe patient يَذهَبُwill pass away عَنكَfrom you عارِضُthe cloud of هَذاthis النَوthe storm
رُوَيدُكَ يَذهَبُ عَنكَ عارِضُ هَذا النَو
An ignorant man competes for the paltry world;
Be patient: the cloud of this storm will pass away from you.
يَسيرُjourney عَلىover الأَرضِthe earth الرَحيبَةِspacious أَهلُهاits inhabitants
يَسيرُ عَلى الأَرضِ الرَحيبَةِ أَهلُها
وَيُترَكُand is left behind ماwhat شادواthey erected هُناكَthere وَماand what بَنّواthey built
وَيُترَكُ ما شادوا هُناكَ وَما بَنّوا
Across the spacious earth its people journey,
And what they raised there and what they built is left behind.
Sol 6.1