طيَّبَmade delightful داريmy house ليَfor me الشتاءُwinter وهلْand is ...?
طيَّبَ داري ليَ الشتاءُ وهلْ
شيءٌanything كشيءٍlike something يُطَيِّبُmakes delightful الدُّوراthe houses
شيءٌ كشيءٍ يُطَيِّبُ الدُّورا
Winter has made my house delightful to me; and can
Winter has made my abode pleasant for me
anything match what makes houses delightful?
Is there anything like something that makes homes pleasant?
بالصَّحْنِin the courtyard والسَّطْحِand the roof والمجالِسand the sitting rooms والand the
بالصَّحْنِ والسَّطْحِ والمجالِس وال
رواقِportico ماnot إِنْemphatic particle أَزالُI cease مسروراdelighted
رواقِ ما إِنْ أَزالُ مسرورا
In the courtyard, on the roof, in the sitting rooms, and the
With the courtyard, roof, sitting area and porch
portico, I never cease to be delighted;
I have not ceased being delighted
وبالحياضِand by the pools التيwhich تتيهُpride themselves علىover
وبالحياضِ التي تتيهُ على
مُحَبَّراتِrichly adorned الرياضِthe gardens تحبيراin adornment
مُحَبَّراتِ الرياضِ تحبيرا
and by the pools, which proudly surpass
And with the gardens that meander through
the richly adorned gardens in splendor.
The flowerbeds of the meadows blooming
للهto God (expressing admiration) يومٌa day هناكَthere قدhad ضَرَبَraised الthe
لله يومٌ هناكَ قد ضَرَبَ ال
غيمُclouds لناfor us دونَin front of شَمْسِهِits sun سُوراa wall
غيمُ لنا دونَ شَمْسِهِ سُورا
What a day there, when the
By God, one day the clouds gathered there
clouds had raised a wall for us against its sun!
Cut off its sun and erected a wall for us
يومٌa day مآزيبناour rainspouts مُعَارِضَةٌrivaling
يومٌ مآزيبنا مُعَارِضَةٌ
فيهduring it بأَصواتِهاwith their sounds الطَّنابيراthe lutes
فيه بأَصواتِها الطَّنابيرا
A day when our rainspouts rivaled
A day when our troubles competed
the lutes with their voices.
With their bugle calls
والسُّحْبُand the clouds مشغولةٌbusy بِبِرْكَتناwith our pool
والسُّحْبُ مشغولةٌ بِبِرْكَتنا
تصوغُthey fashion منfrom مائهاits water قواريراglass flasks
تصوغُ من مائها قواريرا
And the clouds are busy with our pool,
And the clouds were preoccupied with blessing us
fashioning glass flasks from its water.
Molded from their water, pitchers
والكأسُand the cup تُجْلَىis unveiled علىupon يَدَيْthe two hands of رشأٍa young gazelle
والكأسُ تُجْلَى على يَدَيْ رشأٍ
تكسوit clothes عقيقَthe carnelian of المُدامِthe wine بَلُّوراcrystal
تكسو عقيقَ المُدامِ بَلُّورا
And the cup is unveiled in a young gazelle’s hands,
And the cup was polished in experienced hands
clothing the wine’s carnelian in crystal.
Adorning the wine with crystals
تخالُyou would think أصداغهhis sidelocks وَطُرَّتَهَand his forelock
تخالُ أصداغه وَطُرَّتَهَ
مِسْكاًmusk وماand what تحتَbeneath ذاكthat كافوراcamphor
مِسْكاً وما تحتَ ذاك كافورا
You would take his sidelocks and his forelock for
You'd think its cheeks and edges were musk
musk, and what lies beneath them for camphor.
And beneath that was camphor
ياO طالبَseeker of الرزقِlivelihood فيin الشتاءِwinter دعِleave الرthe livelihood (beginning)
يا طالبَ الرزقِ في الشتاءِ دعِ الر
زقَlivelihood (continuation) إلىuntil الصيفِsummer يأتِit will come موفوراin abundance
زقَ إلى الصيفِ يأتِ موفورا
O seeker of livelihood in winter, leave
O you who seek provision in winter, leave provision
livelihood until summer; it will come in abundance.
To come in summer abundantly
هيَit is المقاديرُfate’s decrees لستَyou are not تَقْدِرُyou are able أنْthat
هيَ المقاديرُ لستَ تَقْدِرُ أنْ
تَعْدُوَexceed أَرزاقُكَyour provisions المقاديراfate’s decrees
تَعْدُوَ أَرزاقُكَ المقاديرا
It is fate; you cannot make
These are the decrees, you cannot will
your sustenance exceed fate’s decrees.
Your provision to exceed the decrees
Sol 6.1