إِنَّindeed كُؤوسَcups المُدامِthe wine تُشبِهُهاresemble them السُthe swor- (word fragment)
إِنَّ كُؤوسَ المُدامِ تُشبِهُها السُ
يوفُ-ds (completing 'swords') وَالمَوتُand death فيin مَضارِبِهاtheir cutting edges
يوفُ وَالمَوتُ في مَضارِبِها
Indeed, cups of wine are like swor-
ds, and death lies in their cutting edges.
شُموسُهاits suns شَمسُa sun باطِلٍof falsehood شَرَقَتhas risen
شُموسُها شَمسُ باطِلٍ شَرَقَت
فَلاso let not يَكُنbe فوكَyour mouth مِنamong مَغارِبِهاits setting places
فَلا يَكُن فوكَ مِن مَغارِبِها
Its suns are a sun of falsehood that has risen;
so do not let your mouth be one of its setting places.
وَنَملُهاand its ants إِنif تَدِبَّthey creep فيin جَسَدٍa body
وَنَملُها إِن تَدِبَّ في جَسَدٍ
أَضَرُّmore harmful لِلنَفسِto the soul مِنthan عَقارِهاits property (probably 'its scorpions' intended)
أَضَرُّ لِلنَفسِ مِن عَقارِها
And its ants, should they creep through a body,
are more harmful to the soul than its scorpions [probable reading].
وَكُلُّand everything ماthat أَذهَبَtakes away العُقولَminds وَإِنand even if
وَكُلُّ ما أَذهَبَ العُقولَ وَإِن
خالَفَهاdiffers from it فَهوَthen it is مِنamong أَقارِبِهاits kin
خالَفَها فَهوَ مِن أَقارِبِها
And whatever takes away reason, even if
it differs from wine, is one of its kin.
جَرَّبَهاtried it عالِمٌsomeone knowledgeable بِشيمَتِهاabout its nature
جَرَّبَها عالِمٌ بِشيمَتِها
وَيَذهَبُand departs اللُبُّreason فيin تَجارِبِهاexperiments with it
وَيَذهَبُ اللُبُّ في تَجارِبِها
Someone acquainted with its nature tried it,
and reason is lost in putting it to the test.
وَقَدand it may be that تُقَضّىis spent الحَياةُlife راضِيَةًcontented
وَقَد تُقَضّى الحَياةُ راضِيَةً
بِدونِwithout ماwhat نيلَwas attained مِنof مَآرِبِهاits desires
بِدونِ ما نيلَ مِن مَآرِبِها
And life may be spent contentedly,
without attaining the things it desires.
إِنif شَرِبَتit drinks راحَهاits wine زَنَتit fornicates وَجَنَتand does wrong
إِن شَرِبَت راحَها زَنَت وَجَنَت
فَلتَتَّقِso let it fear اللَهَGod فيin مَشارِبِهاits drinking
فَلتَتَّقِ اللَهَ في مَشارِبِها
If the soul drinks its wine, it fornicates and does wrong;
so let it fear God in its drinking.
Sol 6.1