لَقَدindeed أَصبَحَتit has become دُنياكَyour world مِنfrom فَرطِexcess حُبِّهاlove for it
لَقَد أَصبَحَت دُنياكَ مِن فَرطِ حُبِّها
تُريناit shows us كَثيراًmany مِنof نَوائِبِهاits calamities نَزراfew
تُرينا كَثيراً مِن نَوائِبِها نَزرا
Indeed, your world, through excessive love for it, has come
to make many of its calamities seem few to us.
وَلَوand if ظَهَرَتappeared أَحداثُهاits misfortunes لَسَمِعَتَهاyou would hear them
وَلَو ظَهَرَت أَحداثُها لَسَمِعَتَها
تَغَيَّظُraging أَوor عايَنتَyou saw أَعيُنَهاtheir eyes خُزراnarrowed in anger
تَغَيَّظُ أَو عايَنتَ أَعيُنَها خُزرا
And if its misfortunes took visible form, you would hear them
raging, or see their eyes narrowed in anger.
تُواصِلُناit keeps visiting us رَمياًby pelting وَتوسِعُناand it heaps upon us رَذىًaffliction
تُواصِلُنا رَمياً وَتوسِعُنا رَذىً
وَتَقتُلُناand it kills us خَتلاًtreacherously وَتَلحَظُناand it eyes us شَزراaskance
وَتَقتُلُنا خَتلاً وَتَلحَظُنا شَزرا
It continually pelts us and heaps affliction upon us,
and kills us treacherously, and eyes us askance.
وَلاand no رَيبَdoubt عِندَin the judgment of اللُبِّsound reason فيregarding أَنَّthat خَيرَهاits bounty
وَلا رَيبَ عِندَ اللُبِّ في أَنَّ خَيرَها
بَكيٌّscant وَإِنeven though أَمسَتhave become مَصائِبُهاits calamities غُزراabundant
بَكيٌّ وَإِن أَمسَت مَصائِبُها غُزرا
And sound reason has no doubt that its bounty
is scant, though its calamities have grown abundant.
وَقَدand indeed جَهَّزَتit has prepared لِلعَقلِfor the mind راحاًwine تَغولُهُthat destroys it
وَقَد جَهَّزَت لِلعَقلِ راحاً تَغولُهُ
فَدَعهاso leave it وَلاand do not تَشرَبdrink طِلاءًboiled-down grape wine وَلاnor مِزراgrain beer
فَدَعها وَلا تَشرَب طِلاءً وَلا مِزرا
And it has prepared for the mind wine that destroys it;
so leave it, and drink neither boiled-down wine nor grain beer.
وَلَوeven if أَنَّهاthat it جَلّابَةُa bringer of العَفوِforgiveness خِلتُهاI would deem it
وَلَو أَنَّها جَلّابَةُ العَفوِ خِلتُها
حَراماًforbidden فَأَنّيthen how? وَهيَwhile it تَجتَلِبُbrings الوِزراthe burden of sin
حَراماً فَأَنّي وَهيَ تَجتَلِبُ الوِزرا
Even if it brought forgiveness, I would deem it
forbidden—how much more so when it brings the burden of sin!
إِذاwhen زارَتِit visits الشَربَthe drinkers المَراجيحَof sound judgment هَتَّكَتit strips bare
إِذا زارَتِ الشَربَ المَراجيحَ هَتَّكَت
فَلَمand so did not تَتَّرِكleave فيهِمamong them إِزاراًa loincloth وَلاnor أَزراstrength
فَلَم تَتَّرِك فيهِم إِزاراً وَلا أَزرا
When it visits drinkers of sound judgment, it strips them bare,
and leaves among them neither a loincloth nor strength.