ياO صاحبيmy friend إنيindeed I نشأتI grew up علىwith
يا صاحبي إني نشأت على
كرهhatred of الدخانsmoke وقهوةand coffee البنcoffee beans
كره الدخان وقهوة البن
O my friend, I grew up with
O my friend, I was raised to
a hatred of smoke and coffee.
hate smoking and coffee beans
والخمرand wine كنتI was بشربهاwith drinking it كلفاًenamored
والخمر كنت بشربها كلفاً
وروىand recounted الندامىdrinking companions وصفهاits description عنيfrom me
وروى الندامى وصفها عني
And wine—I was enamored of drinking it,
And wine I would drink elegantly
and my drinking companions repeated my description of it,
though the regretful described it away from me
حتىuntil أصابتنيit afflicted me بآفتهاwith its ill effects
حتى أصابتني بآفتها
زمناًfor a time وحلand settled الداءdisease بالبطنin the belly
زمناً وحل الداء بالبطن
until it afflicted me with its ill effects
Until its harm befell me
for a time, and disease settled in my belly.
for a time and the illness settled in my gut
ونهىand forbade الطبيبthe doctor فقلتso I said منتهياًdesisting
ونهى الطبيب فقلت منتهياً
ماnot أنتyou أكثرmore خبرةًexperience منيthan I
ما أنت أكثر خبرةً مني
The doctor forbade it; giving it up, I said:
And the doctor forbade it, so I said, desisting,
You have no more experience than I.
You are no more knowledgeable than me
أصبحتI have become لاnot يروىquenches صدايmy thirst سوىexcept الthe
أصبحت لا يروى صداي سوى ال
ماءwater القراحpure وأنهand that it يغنيsuffices
ماء القراح وأنه يغني
Now nothing quenches my thirst but the
I've come to be satiated by nothing but
pure water, and it suffices.
cold water, and it suffices me