نديميmy boon companion إذاif شاهدتyou see منيfrom me خلاعةwantonness
نديمي إذا شاهدت مني خلاعة
فدعنيthen leave me be بلاwithout لومٍreproach غداةat the hour of الترنمِsinging
فدعني بلا لومٍ غداة الترنمِ
My boon companion, if you see me yielding to abandon,
My boon companion, if you see wantonness in me,
Then leave me unreproached on the morn of song.
then leave me be, without reproach, at the hour of singing.
كمنجةviolin حسونٍHassun وصوتand the voice of نفيسةNafisa
كمنجة حسونٍ وصوت نفيسة
بأموالfor the riches of قارونٍQarun وزهدand the asceticism of ابنson of أدهمAdham
بأموال قارونٍ وزهد ابن أدهم
Hassoun’s violin and Nafisa’s voice
Hassun’s violin and Nafisa’s voice
Are worth Qarun’s riches and Ibn Adham’s renunciation.
are worth Qarun’s riches and Ibn Adham’s asceticism.
Sol 6.1