نَهاني ابنُ الرَسولِ عَن المُدامِ

نَهاني ابنُ الرَسولِ عَن المُدامِ

وَأَدَّبَني بِآدابِ الكِرامِ

وَأَدَّبَني بِآدابِ الكِرامِ

The Messenger's son forbade me wine,

The Prophet's son has forbidden me from wine

And schooled me in the manners of the noble.

And taught me the manners of nobility

وَقالَ ليَ اِصطَبِر عَنها وَدَعها

وَقالَ ليَ اِصطَبِر عَنها وَدَعها

لِخَوفِ اللَهِ لا خَوفِ الأَنامِ

لِخَوفِ اللَهِ لا خَوفِ الأَنامِ

And said to me, "Abstain patiently from it, and forsake it,

He said abstain from it and leave it

For fear of God, not fear of humankind."

For fear of God, not fear of people

وَكَيفَ تَصَبُّري عَنها وَحُبّي

وَكَيفَ تَصَبُّري عَنها وَحُبّي

لَها حُبٌّ تَمَكَّنَ في عِظامي

لَها حُبٌّ تَمَكَّنَ في عِظامي

And how can I bear abstaining from it, when my love

But how can I abstain when my love for it

For it is a love that has taken root in my bones?

Is a love that has penetrated my bones

أَرى طيبَ الحَلالِ عَليَّ خُبثاً

أَرى طيبَ الحَلالِ عَليَّ خُبثاً

وَطيبَ النَفسِ في خُبثِ الحَرامِ

وَطيبَ النَفسِ في خُبثِ الحَرامِ

I find the goodness of the lawful foul to me,

I see the perfume of lawful things as foul

And the soul's delight in the foulness of the forbidden.

And the perfume of the soul in the foulness of sin