يــقــولsays عــامــرʿAmir هـوhe is الانـبـوطـيal-Anbuti
يــقــول عــامــر هـو الانـبـوطـي
أحــمــدI praise ربــيmy Lord لســتI am not بـالقـنـوطـيone who despairs
أحــمــد ربــي لســت بـالقـنـوطـي
ʿAmir says—he is al-Anbuti:
Amer says he is Anbuti
I praise my Lord; I am not one to despair.
Ahmed my Lord I am not hopeless
وأســتــعــيـــنand I seek help from اللهGod فــيin ألفـيـةa thousand-verse poem
وأســتــعــيـــن الله فــي ألفـيـة
مــقـاصـدthe aims الأكـلeating بـــهـاwithin it مـحـويـةcontained
مــقـاصـد الأكـل بـــهـا مـحـويـة
And I seek God's help in a thousand-verse poem,
And I seek Allah's help in my poem
Within which the aims of eating are contained.
Its purposes of eating are contained therein
فيـــهاin it صنوفvarieties الأكلfood والمطـاعمand dishes
فيـــها صنوف الأكل والمطـاعم
لذتwere delightful لكـــــــلto every جـــــــائعhungry person وهــــــائمand one who yearns
لذت لكـــــــل جـــــــائع وهــــــائم
In it are varieties of food and dishes,
In it are types of food and restaurants
Delightful to every hungry and yearning soul.
Pleasurable for every hungry and ravenous one
طـعـامـنـاour food الضـانـيmutton لذيـذdelicious للنـهمْto the ravenous eater
طـعـامـنـا الضـانـي لذيـذ للنـهمْ
لحـمـاmeat وسـمـناand ghee ثمthen خبزاbread فالتقـمْso take a mouthful
لحـمـا وسـمـنا ثم خبزا فالتقـمْ
Our mutton fare is delicious to the ravenous:
Our food is delightful for the voracious
Meat and ghee, then bread—so take a mouthful!
Meat, butter, then bread so take a bite
فــإنــهــاfor they are نـفـيـسـةprecious والأكـلand food عــمّencompasses
فــإنــهــا نـفـيـسـة والأكـل عــمّ
مـطـاعـمـاdishes إلىtoward سـنـاهاtheir radiance القلبthe heart أمّturned toward
مـطـاعـمـا إلى سـنـاها القلب أمّ
For they are precious, and food encompasses
For it is exquisite and the food is bountiful
Dishes toward whose radiance the heart has turned.
Restaurants that gladden the heart indeed
والأصـلand the rule فـيfor الأخـبـازloaves أنthat تقمّراthey be toasted
والأصـل فـي الأخـبـاز أن تقمّرا
وجــوزواand they permitted التـقـديـدdrying إذwhen لاno ضـرراharm
وجــوزوا التـقـديـد إذ لا ضـررا
And the rule for loaves is that they be toasted;
And the origin of breads is that they be round
And they permitted drying when there is no harm.
And toasting was permitted since no harm
وامـنـعـهand forbid it حـيـنwhen يـسـتـويare cooked الخرفانthe lambs
وامـنـعـه حـيـن يـسـتـوي الخرفان
فــإنــهfor it يــعــيـقhinders أكـلeating الضـــانـيmutton
فــإنــه يــعــيـق أكـل الضـــانـي
And forbid it when the lambs are cooked,
But forbid it when the loaves are equal
For it hinders the eating of mutton.
For it hinders eating the sheep
Sol 6.1