صَاحِباtwo companions سُوءٍof bad character صَحِبتُهُماI kept company with them both
صَاحِبا سُوءٍ صَحِبتُهُما
صاحَبانيthey both accompanied me يومَon the day ارتَحِلُI set out
صاحَباني يومَ ارتَحِلُ
Two evil companions—I kept their company;
Two bad companions whose company I kept
they accompanied me the day they set out,
accompanied me on the day I set out.
ويقولانِand they both say ارتحلset out مَعَناwith us
ويقولانِ ارتحل مَعَنا
وأقولand I say إنّنيindeed I ثَمِلُdrunk
وأقول إنّني ثَمِلُ
and both said, “Set out with us.”
And they say, “Set out with us,”
I replied, “But I am drunk:
and I say, “Indeed, I am drunk.
إنّنيindeed I باكرتُI drank at dawn مُترَعَةًa brimming cup
إنّني باكرتُ مُترَعَةً
مُزّةًtart راووقُهاits strainer خَضِلُwet
مُزّةً راووقُها خَضِلُ
at dawn I am bound for a brimming cup
Indeed, at dawn I drank a brimming cup
of tangy wine, its strainer dripping wet.”
of tart wine, its strainer wet.”
