إِنif شِئتَyou wish أنto تَحظَىyou are favored بِماwith what
إِن شِئتَ أن تَحظَى بِما
يُهديbrings إلىto العقلthe mind الإنارَهillumination
يُهدي إلى العقل الإنارَه
If you wish to attain that which
Brings illumination to the mind,
عُدregard المرارةِbitterness كالحلاas sweetness (first part)
عُد المرارةِ كالحلا
وَةِcompletion of 'sweetness' والحَلاوةَand sweetness كالمرارَهas bitterness
وَةِ والحَلاوةَ كالمرارَه
Regard bitterness as sweetness,
And sweetness as bitterness;
فبعكسfor by reversing ذينِthese two كأَنَّماas though
فبعكس ذينِ كأَنَّما
تَضَعُyou place السِراجَthe lamp علىupon المَنارَهthe lampstand
تَضَعُ السِراجَ على المَنارَه
For by reversing these two, it is as though
You set the lamp upon the lampstand.
وتَجنَّبَنand be sure to avoid ماas long as دُمتَyou remain حَيّاًalive
وتَجنَّبَن ما دُمتَ حَيّاً
خمرةًwine فهيَfor it is العَهارَهlewdness
خمرةً فهيَ العَهارَه
And, as long as you live, shun
Wine, for it is lewdness.
والمسكُand self-restraint أَوجِبهُmake it obligatory عليكَupon yourself
والمسكُ أَوجِبهُ عليكَ
لتنتفيso that it may disappear عنكَfrom you الشَطارَهroguery
لتنتفي عنكَ الشَطارَه
And make self-restraint binding upon yourself,
So that roguery may leave you.
انَّindeed الإِماتةَmortification والتَواand humility (first part)
انَّ الإِماتةَ والتَوا
ضُعَcompletion of 'humility' قَدmay يُميتانِthey both put to death الدَعارَهdebauchery
ضُعَ قَد يُميتانِ الدَعارَه
Indeed, mortification and humility
May put debauchery to death.
وهُماand they both لمنfor whoever يبغيseeks الطَهاpurity (first part)
وهُما لمن يبغي الطَها
رةَcompletion of 'purity' كالإِشارةِlike a sign والإِمارَهand a token
رةَ كالإِشارةِ والإِمارَه
And for whoever seeks purity, these two
Are like a sign and a token.
فَلنَخرُجَنَّso let us surely go forth إلىto يسوJesus (first part)
فَلنَخرُجَنَّ إلى يسو
عَcompletion of 'Jesus' ونحنُwhile we محتملونَbearing عارَهhis reproach
عَ ونحنُ محتملونَ عارَه
So let us go forth to Jesus,
Bearing his reproach.
وأبيكَand by your father انكindeed you لنwill not تَرىyou see
وأبيكَ انك لن تَرى
فِصحَPassover المسيحِof Christ ولاnor دِيارَهhis dwellings
فِصحَ المسيحِ ولا دِيارَه
And by your father, surely you will not see
Christ's Passover, nor his dwellings,
إنif لمdid not تَلَهَّنyou take a preliminary morsel قبلُbeforehand بالof the
إن لم تَلَهَّن قبلُ بال
خُبزِbread الفطيرِunleavened معwith المَرارَهbitterness
خُبزِ الفطيرِ مع المَرارَه
If you have not first partaken of
Unleavened bread with bitterness.
Sol 6.1