إِذاif اِجتَمَعَcome together اِثنانِtwo people فيin مَنزِلٍa dwelling
إِذا اِجتَمَعَ اِثنانِ في مَنزِلٍ
عَلىfor خَربَةٍa misdeed فُضِحاboth are disgraced لِلأَبَدforever
عَلى خَربَةٍ فُضِحا لِلأَبَد
If two people come together in a dwelling
for a misdeed, both are disgraced forever.
تُبَدُّare apportioned الحُظوظُfortunes عَلىamong أَهلِهاtheir recipients
تُبَدُّ الحُظوظُ عَلى أَهلِها
وَلَكِنand yet تُبادُare destroyed وَمَنand whoever لَمhas not يُبَدbeen destroyed
وَلَكِن تُبادُ وَمَن لَم يُبَد
Fortunes are apportioned among their recipients,
yet they perish, and so will those who have not yet perished.
وَفيand in وَحدَةِsolitude of المَرءِa man سِترُconcealment لَهُfor him
وَفي وَحدَةِ المَرءِ سِترُ لَهُ
فَكُنso be مِثلَlike سَيفِكَyour sword حِلفَa companion of الرُبَدthe sheaths
فَكُن مِثلَ سَيفِكَ حِلفَ الرُبَد
And in a man's solitude lies concealment for him;
so be, like your sword, a companion of sheaths.
وَلاand do not تَعرِضَنَّever approach لِبِنتِto the daughter of الكُرومِthe vines
وَلا تَعرِضَنَّ لِبِنتِ الكُرومِ
أُختِsister of السُرورِjoy وَأُمِّand mother of الزَبَدfoam
أُختِ السُرورِ وَأُمِّ الزَبَد
And never approach the daughter of the vines,
the sister of joy and mother of foam.
فَإِنfor if وَسَّعَتshe grants ease لِلفَتىto the young man ساعَةًfor an hour
فَإِن وَسَّعَت لِلفَتى ساعَةً
فَسَوفَthen will تُغادِرُهُshe leave him فيin كَبَدdistress
فَسَوفَ تُغادِرُهُ في كَبَد
For if she grants a young man ease for an hour,
she will then leave him in distress.
وَمَاand not زِلتَyou ceased بَعدَafter غُرابِraven of الصِباyouth
وَمَا زِلتَ بَعدَ غُرابِ الصِبا
قَرينَa companion of البُزاةِthe hawks فَقَعso fall ياO لُبَدLubad
قَرينَ البُزاةِ فَقَع يا لُبَد
And after youth's raven, you have remained
a companion of hawks—so fall, O Lubad.
Sol 6.1