تَجَنَّبَavoid حانَةَthe tavern of الصَهباthe tawny wine (word continues)
تَجَنَّبَ حانَةَ الصَهبا
ءِcompletion of 'wine'; no separate meaning وَاِهجُرand forsake أَبَداًforever حانَكyour tavern
ءِ وَاِهجُر أَبَداً حانَك
Shun the tavern of tawny wine
Avoid the tavern of tawny wine,
and forsake your own tavern forever.
and forsake your tavern forever.
وَلاand do not تُرسِلunleash عَلىupon الثَلَّthe flock (word continues)
وَلا تُرسِل عَلى الثَلَّ
ةِcompletion of 'flock'; no separate meaning فيin الغَفلَةِheedlessness سِرحانَكyour wolf
ةِ في الغَفلَةِ سِرحانَك
Do not let loose upon the breach
And do not unleash upon the flock
your wolf, in heedlessness.
your wolf in heedlessness.
وَلاand do not تَرفَعraise لِغَيرِto anyone other than اللَهِGod
وَلا تَرفَع لِغَيرِ اللَهِ
فيin الحِندِسِthe pitch darkness أَلحانَكyour melodies
في الحِندِسِ أَلحانَك
And do not raise to anyone but God,
And do not raise to anyone but God
in the pitch-black night, your melodies.
your melodies in the pitch darkness.
وَياand O دَهرُTime لَحاكَmay He curse you اللَهُGod
وَيا دَهرُ لَحاكَ اللَهُ
ماnot هَنَّأتَyou gladdened فَرحانَكyour joyful one
ما هَنَّأتَ فَرحانَك
O Time, may God curse you!
And O Time, may God curse you!
Never have you let your joyful one savor joy,
You have never gladdened your joyful one.
وَماnor أَخلَيتَyou left free مِنfrom سُقمٍsickness
وَما أَخلَيتَ مِن سُقمٍ
يَفُضُّshatters الجِسمَthe body قُرحانَكyour one untouched by disease
يَفُضُّ الجِسمَ قُرحانَك
nor have you freed from sickness
Nor have you spared from sickness
your sore-stricken one, whose body it shatters.
your unscathed one, whose body it shatters.
فَقُلso say رَوحَكَYour relief مَّولاناour Lord
فَقُل رَوحَكَ مَّولانا
لِراجيكَto him who hopes in You وَريحانَكand Your sustenance
لِراجيكَ وَريحانَك
Then say: “Our Lord, Your relief is for
So say: 'Grant Your relief, our Lord,
whoever hopes in You, and so is Your fragrant bounty.”
and Your sustenance to him who hopes in You;
فَقَدfor indeed أَجرَيتَYou set flowing جَيحانَJayhan
فَقَد أَجرَيتَ جَيحانَ
كَYour (suffix) فيthrough الأَرضِthe earth وَسَيحانَكand Your Sayhan
كَ في الأَرضِ وَسَيحانَك
For You have set Your Jayḥān flowing
for You have set Your Jayhan flowing
through the earth, and Your Sayḥān;
through the earth, and Your Sayhan;
وَقَدand indeed أَسَلتَYou made flow شَيبانَShayban
وَقَد أَسَلتَ شَيبانَ
كَYour (suffix) بِالرِزقِwith sustenance وَمِلحانَكand Your Milhan
كَ بِالرِزقِ وَمِلحانَك
and You have made Your Shaybān flow
and You have made Your Shayban flow
with sustenance—and Your Milḥān as well.
with sustenance, and Your Milhan.'