أَلاcome now ياO اِسقِيانيgive me drink, you two وَاِنفِياand drive away, you two عَنكُماfrom you both القَذىthe impurity
أَلا يا اِسقِياني وَاِنفِيا عَنكُما القَذى
فَلَيسَfor it is not القَذىthe impurity بِالعودِa twig يَسقُطُfalls فيinto الخَمرِthe wine
فَلَيسَ القَذى بِالعودِ يَسقُطُ في الخَمرِ
Come, you two, give me drink, and keep impurity away from you both.
Oh pourers of wine, be gentle as you pour
For the impurity is not a twig falling into the wine,
The dregs are not from the vine, do not let them fall in this drink
وَلَيسَand is not قَذاهاits impurity بِالَّذيthat which لاnot يَريبُهاtroubles it
وَلَيسَ قَذاها بِالَّذي لا يَريبُها
وَلاnor بِالذُبابِa fly نَزعُهُits removal أَيسَرُthe easiest الأَمرِof tasks
وَلا بِالذُبابِ نَزعُهُ أَيسَرُ الأَمرِ
Nor is its impurity something that does it no harm,
It is not sediment that spoils it
Nor a fly, whose removal is the easiest of tasks;
Nor flies that trouble it, an easy fix
وَلَكِنbut قَذاهاits impurity كُلُّevery أَشعَثَdisheveled نابِئٍintruder
وَلَكِن قَذاها كُلُّ أَشعَثَ نابِئٍ
رَمَتناpelted us بِهِwith him الغيطانُthe lowlands مِنfrom حَيثُwhere لاnot نَدريwe know
رَمَتنا بِهِ الغيطانُ مِن حَيثُ لا نَدري
But its impurity is every disheveled intruder
Rather it is soiled by the idle babbling
Whom the lowlands have flung at us from we know not where.
Of those who attack us for no reason