إِنَّindeed كُؤوسَcups المُدامِwine تُشبِهُهاresemble them السُthe sw- (beginning of 'swords')
إِنَّ كُؤوسَ المُدامِ تُشبِهُها السُ
يوفُ-ords (completion of 'swords') وَالمَوتُand death فيin مَضارِبِهاtheir striking edges
يوفُ وَالمَوتُ في مَضارِبِها
Indeed, cups of wine are like
swords, with death in their striking edges.
شُموسُهاits suns شَمسُa sun باطِلٍof falsehood شَرَقَتhas risen
شُموسُها شَمسُ باطِلٍ شَرَقَت
فَلاso not يَكُنlet be فوكَyour mouth مِنamong مَغارِبِهاits places of setting
فَلا يَكُن فوكَ مِن مَغارِبِها
Its suns are a sun of falsehood that has risen;
so let your mouth not be among its places of setting.
وَنَملُهاand its ants إِنif تَدِبَّthey crawl فيthrough جَسَدٍa body
وَنَملُها إِن تَدِبَّ في جَسَدٍ
أَضَرُّmore harmful لِلنَفسِto the soul مِنthan عَقارِهاits landed property (as written)
أَضَرُّ لِلنَفسِ مِن عَقارِها
And its ants, if they crawl through a body,
are more harmful to the soul than its property (as written).
وَكُلُّand everything ماthat أَذهَبَtakes away العُقولَminds وَإِنand even if
وَكُلُّ ما أَذهَبَ العُقولَ وَإِن
خالَفَهاit differs from it فَهوَthen it مِنamong أَقارِبِهاits kin
خالَفَها فَهوَ مِن أَقارِبِها
And everything that takes away reason, even if
different from it, belongs among its kin.
جَرَّبَهاtried it عالِمٌone who knows بِشيمَتِهاof its nature
جَرَّبَها عالِمٌ بِشيمَتِها
وَيَذهَبُand departs اللُبُّreason فيin تَجارِبِهاtrials of it
وَيَذهَبُ اللُبُّ في تَجارِبِها
One who knew its nature tried it,
and reason is lost in trying it.
وَقَدand may تُقَضّىbe 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 gaining what it desires.
إِنif شَرِبَتshe drinks راحَهاher wine زَنَتshe fornicates وَجَنَتand she commits offenses
إِن شَرِبَت راحَها زَنَت وَجَنَت
فَلتَتَّقِso let her fear اللَهَGod فيin مَشارِبِهاher drinking
فَلتَتَّقِ اللَهَ في مَشارِبِها
If she drinks her wine, she fornicates and commits offenses;
so let her fear God in her drinking.
Sol 6.1