هذيthese العوائدthe customs أشعرتhave signaled
هذي العوائد أشعرت
أنthat قدalready دناhas drawn near وقتtime الغداlunch
أن قد دنا وقت الغدا
These customs have signaled
These returns have made me feel
that the time for lunch has drawn near.
That the time for breakfast is near
فكلواso eat هنيئاwith pleasure واشربواand drink
فكلوا هنيئا واشربوا
الأصفىthe purest لشربهfor drinking it مورداin source
الأصفى لشربه موردا
So eat with pleasure, and drink
So eat happily and drink
what is purest at its source for drinking:
The purest water as morning draught
ماءwater زلالاclear خالصاpure
ماء زلالا خالصا
فيin اللونcolor يحكيresembles العسجداgold
في اللون يحكي العسجدا
clear, pure water,
Clear, pure water
whose color resembles gold.
Whose color tells of mint
وإلىand toward المآكلthe food لاnot نمwe stretch (word beginning)
وإلى المآكل لا نم
دcompletion of 'we stretch' بغيرwithout تربيةgood manners يداa hand
د بغير تربية يدا
And toward the food let us not stretch
And to the meals, I do not approve
a hand without good manners.
Of going without proper manners
إذاthen أجشعthe greediest الأقوامof the people أعmost (word beginning)
إذا أجشع الأقوام أع
جلهاhasty among them (word continuation) وأقذرهاand the filthiest among them رداin dress
جلها وأقذرها ردا
Then the greediest people are the most
If people get too greedy, I find
hasty among them, and the filthiest in dress.
Them most repulsive and push them away
فالمرءfor a person يأكلeats كيso that يعيhe lives (word beginning)
فالمرء يأكل كي يعي
شcompletion of 'he lives' وليسand does not يحياlive للغداfor lunch
ش وليس يحيا للغدا
For a person eats so that he may
For man eats to live
live, and does not live for lunch.
And does not live for breakfast
Sol 6.1