بغدادُBaghdad دارٌan abode طِيبُهاits fragrance آخذٌtaking hold
بغدادُ دارٌ طِيبُها آخذٌ
نسيمهits breeze منّيfrom me بأنفاسيof my breaths
نسيمه منّي بأنفاسي
Baghdad is an abode whose fragrance steals
Baghdad is a pleasant abode
my breath with its breeze.
Whose breeze refreshes me with my own breath
تصلُحis suitable للمُوسِرfor the wealthy لاnot لامرئٍfor a man
تصلُح للمُوسِر لا لامرئٍ
يبَيتُspends the night ذاpossessing فقرٍpoverty وإفلاسِand pennilessness
يبَيتُ ذا فقرٍ وإفلاسِ
It suits the wealthy, not a man
It suits the prosperous, not the penniless man
who spends the night in poverty and pennilessness.
Who spends the night impoverished and bankrupt
لوif حلَّهاsettled in it قارونُQarun ربُّlord of الغنىwealth
لو حلَّها قارونُ ربُّ الغنى
أصبحwould become ذاpossessing همّworry ووسواسِand anxious misgivings
أصبح ذا همّ ووسواسِ
Were Qarun, lord of wealth, to settle there,
If it were possessed by Qarun, lord of riches
he would become beset by worry and anxious misgivings.
He would become anxious and worried
هيit التيthat which تُوعَدُyou are promised لكنّهاbut it
هي التي تُوعَدُ لكنّها
عاجلةٌimmediate للطاعمfor the well-fed الكاسيthe well-clad
عاجلةٌ للطاعم الكاسي
It is what you are promised, but it
It is the one promised, but it
is here and now for the well-fed and well-clad.
Quickly satisfies the well-fed drinker
حُورٌhouris ووِلدانٌand youths ومِنand of كلّall ماwhat
حُورٌ ووِلدانٌ ومِن كلّ ما
تطلبُهyou seek it فيهاin it سوىexcept الناسِpeople
تطلبُه فيها سوى الناسِ
Houris and youths, and all manner of things
Houris and boys and everything
you seek are there—except people.
You could want in it except for people
Sol 6.1