أرىI see جسمناour body يحتاجneeds قوتَsustenance حياتِهits life
أرى جسمنا يحتاج قوتَ حياتِه
بقدْرٍin a measured amount يقيهprotects it ضرَّharm ضعفٍweakness وتُخمةِand surfeit
بقدْرٍ يقيه ضرَّ ضعفٍ وتُخمةِ
I see that our body needs sustenance to keep it alive,
I see our body needs the food of its life
in a measure that shields it from the harm of weakness and surfeit.
In a measure that protects it from the harm of weakness and obesity
وأنفعُand the most beneficial صومٍfast كانwas يوماًa day مقدّراًmeasured
وأنفعُ صومٍ كان يوماً مقدّراً
علىon condition أنthat أوفاهits fullest observance يعودamounts to بقلَّةِwith little
على أن أوفاه يعود بقلَّةِ
And the most beneficial fast is one measured for a day,
The most beneficial fast was a predetermined day
provided its fullest observance amounts to eating little.
On the condition that its fulfillment returns with scarcity
فكنso be حذراًwary منof تُخمةٍsurfeit وشراهةٍand gluttony
فكن حذراً من تُخمةٍ وشراهةٍ
لكيلاlest يفاجيكtakes you unawares الزناfornication ضمنَamid شهوةlust
لكيلا يفاجيك الزنا ضمنَ شهوة
So beware of surfeit and gluttony,
So beware of obesity and gluttony
lest fornication take you unawares amid lust.
Lest adultery takes you unexpectedly in the midst of desire
تمسكhold fast علىwith ثبتٍsteadfastness بحبلto the cord of قناعةٍcontentment
تمسك على ثبتٍ بحبل قناعةٍ
فكمfor many a ألمٍpain وافىarrived يشيدُproclaims بِبطنةabout an overfilled belly
فكم ألمٍ وافى يشيدُ بِبطنة
Hold steadfastly to the cord of contentment,
Hold firmly to the rope of contentment
for many a pain has come, proclaiming an overfilled belly.
For how much pain accompanies a bulging belly
دعleave الجسمthe body محتاجin need of الكفافbare sustenance تعفُّفاًout of self-restraint
دع الجسم محتاج الكفاف تعفُّفاً
وأحسنُand better منهthan it دَحضُrejection طعمٍflavor ولذةand pleasure
وأحسنُ منه دَحضُ طعمٍ ولذة
Leave the body needing bare sustenance, out of self-restraint;
Let the body be content with sufficiency, practicing abstinence
and better than that is rejecting flavor and pleasure.
Better than it is to indulge in taste and pleasure
لإنfor نقاءpurity النفسthe soul منfrom كدرmurk العمىblindness
لإن نقاء النفس من كدر العمى
يكونُcomes about بإمساكٍthrough abstinence وصومٍand fasting وصحةand health
يكونُ بإمساكٍ وصومٍ وصحة
For the soul's purification from the murk of blindness
For the purity of the soul from the turbidity of blindness
comes through abstinence, fasting, and health.
Is through fasting, abstinence, and health
Sol 6.1