وقالواand they said ارتحلdepart فلعلfor perhaps السلوforgetfulness
وقالوا ارتحل فلعل السلو
يكونwill come to be وترغبand you wish أنto ترغبهdesire it
يكون وترغب أن ترغبه
And they said, “Depart, for perhaps forgetfulness
They said, move on, perhaps solace
will come, and you will wish to seek it.”
will come, though you wish to chide it,
فقلتso I said الردىdeath ليfor me قبلbefore السلوforgetfulness
فقلت الردى لي قبل السلو
ومنand who يشربdrinks السمpoison عنby way of تجربهan experiment
ومن يشرب السم عن تجربه
So I said, “For me, death comes before forgetfulness—
I said, ruin came to me before solace
and who drinks poison as an experiment?”
and who drinks poison through trial of it
Sol 6.1