قومsome people أراحواthey found relief للخمورin wines كأنهاas though they were
قوم أراحوا للخمور كأنها
Some people found relief in wines, as though they were
A people who rest for wine as though it
Were medicine in some of the body's climes
فيin بعضsome اجواءclimates الجسومthe bodies دواءa remedy
في بعض اجواء الجسوم دواء
a remedy in certain bodily climates.
While over there a people drink because it
Is a deep-rooted disease impervious to remedies
وهناكand there قومsome people يشربونthey drink لأنهاbecause they are
وهناك قوم يشربون لأنها
And there are people who drink because they are
So wandering is a flaw in the former
And madness in the latter, both the same
داءa disease تأصلhas taken root منعهsuppressing it أدواءailments
داء تأصل منعه أدواء
a disease that has taken root; suppressing it brings ailments.
فالضلso, error عندamong الأولينthe former يعيبهمit disgraces them
فالضل عند الأولين يعيبهم
So error among the former disgraces them,
والخبلand madness عنconcerning الآخرينthe latter سواءthe same
والخبل عن الآخرين سواء
and the latter's madness is no different.
Partial English translation: 3 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1