عمرتُI inhabited المغانيthe dwellings واجتنبتand I avoided النواويساthe tombs
عمرتُ المغاني واجتنبت النواويسا
وساعدتand I aided فيin الديرthe monastery القصيرِيّal-Qusayri إبليساIblis
وساعدت في الدير القصيرِيّ إبليسا
I inhabited the dwellings and shunned the tombs.
I have enjoyed songs and avoided flutes,
And I aided Iblis in al-Qusayri Monastery.
And helped the short monastery's devil,
وهلand does يهجرforsake اللذاتِthe pleasures إلاexcept مسوِّفٌa procrastinator
وهل يهجر اللذاتِ إلا مسوِّفٌ
ويتركهاand abandons them إلاexcept امرؤa man باتspent the night منحوساill-starred
ويتركها إلا امرؤ بات منحوسا
And who forsakes pleasures but a procrastinator?
And who would abandon pleasures except a procrastinator,
And who abandons them but a man who spent the night ill-starred?
Or leave them except a man who became unlucky.
رُبَّmany a عظَّمتهنrevered them النصارىthe Christians ولمand did not أزلI cease
رُبَّ عظَّمتهن النصارى ولم أزل
أعرّسI lodge for the night باللذاتamid the pleasures فيهنّwithin them تعرِيساa night's repose
أعرّس باللذات فيهنّ تعرِيسا
Many did the Christians revere, and I never ceased
How often the Christians magnified them yet I did not stop
To rest within them amid pleasures, taking my night's repose.
Wedding pleasures to them as a wedding,
أصولُI charge forth بقرعِby striking البمّthe bass string والزيرِand the treble string بعدهafter it
أصولُ بقرعِ البمّ والزيرِ بعده
إذاwhen قرعواthey ring عندat الصلاةprayer النواقيساthe bells
إذا قرعوا عند الصلاة النواقيسا
I charge forth by striking the bass string, then the treble,
I begin with the tapping of copper and bells after it,
When they ring the bells at prayer time.
When they ring at prayer the bells.
وإنand if عظَّمتrevered فيهin it النصارىthe Christians صليبَهمtheir cross
وإن عظَّمت فيه النصارى صليبَهم
وحرّكتِand rang الناقوسthe bell أوor عبدتworshipped عيسىJesus
وحرّكتِ الناقوس أو عبدت عيسى
And if the Christians there revered their cross,
And if the Christians magnify their cross in it,
And rang the bell or worshipped Jesus,
And the bell is stirred or Jesus is worshipped,
فزِعتI sought refuge إلىin دينthe faith of النبِيّthe Prophet محمدٍMuhammad
فزِعت إلى دين النبِيّ محمدٍ
وقدّستand I hallowed فيهin it ربthe Lord of أحمدAhmad تقديساa declaration of holiness
وقدّست فيه رب أحمد تقديسا
I sought refuge in the faith of the Prophet Muhammad,
I am alarmed to the religion of Prophet Muhammad,
And there I hallowed the Lord of Ahmad, declaring Him holy.
And sanctified in it the Lord of Ahmed as sacred.
Sol 6.1