لناwe have صَديقٌa friend كيِّسٌclever عاقلٌsensible
لنا صَديقٌ كيِّسٌ عاقلٌ
وإنّماand only فيin السُّكرِdrunkenness يُبديhe shows الجنونْmadness
وإنّما في السُّكرِ يُبدي الجنونْ
We have a clever, sensible friend;
We have a wise and sensible friend
and only when drunk does he show madness.
Yet when drunk, madness he does tend
أَقرَضَنيhe lent me سَكّاًa coin (sakk) ورامand sought الوفاrepayment
أَقرَضَني سَكّاً ورام الوفا
فزادso he added ذاكthat السّكِّthe coin (sakk) ياءًa yāʾ (letter y) ونونْand a nūn (letter n)
فزاد ذاك السّكِّ ياءً ونونْ
He lent me a coin (sakk) and sought repayment;
He lent me a coin and hoped for return
so he added yāʾ and nūn to that sakk—making sikkīn, “knife.”
But that coin did only pride earn
Sol 6.1