لاnot يعتريafflicts شُربَناour drinking اللحاءُquarreling وقدand indeed
لا يعتري شُربَنا اللحاءُ وقد
توهبare bestowed فيناamong us القيانُsinging slave girls والحُلَلand robes
توهب فينا القيانُ والحُلَل
No quarrel disturbs our drinking, while
Our drink is not muddied though wailing
singing slave girls and robes are bestowed among us.
And lamentation abound among us.
وفتيةand young men كالسيوفlike swords نادمُهُمtheir drinking companion
وفتية كالسيوف نادمُهُم
لاno عاجزincapable man فيهمamong them ولاand no وكلُweakling
لا عاجز فيهم ولا وكلُ
And young men like swords, whose drinking companion I am—
Young men like swords whose wielders
no incapable man among them, nor any weakling.
Are neither weak nor irresolute.
بيضfair-faced مساميحgenerous فيin الشتاةwinter وأنand if (apparently intended)
بيض مساميح في الشتاة وأن
أخلفَfailed نجمٌa star عنwith regard to نوئهits seasonal rain وكلواthey grew dependent (uncertain reading)
أخلفَ نجمٌ عن نوئه وكلوا
Fair-faced, generous in winter; and if
White blades amid the winter nights though
a star fails to bring its rain, they grow dependent (uncertain reading).
A star behind the clouds may set.
لاnot يثأرونseek vengeance فيin المضيقthe tight spot وإنand if
لا يثأرون في المضيق وإن
نادىcalled مُنادٍa caller كيso that ينزلواthey might alight نزلواthey alighted
نادى مُنادٍ كي ينزلوا نزلوا
They seek no vengeance in a tight spot; and if
Unyielding in the narrow defile though
a caller calls for them to alight, they alight.
A crier calls for them to pitch camp, they pitch.
Sol 6.1