وَيحَalas for الشَقِيُّthe wretch إِلىuntil مَتىwhen
وَيحَ الشَقِيُّ إِلى مَتى
بِالفِسقِwith vice مَعمورُfilled العِراصِthe courtyards
بِالفِسقِ مَعمورُ العِراصِ
Alas for the wretch! How long
will his courtyards remain filled with vice?
يَعصيhe sins بِقوتِwith the sustenance of نَهارِهِhis day
يَعصي بِقوتِ نَهارِهِ
وَيَروحُand he returns كَالطَيرِlike the birds الخِماصِempty-bellied
وَيَروحُ كَالطَيرِ الخِماصِ
He sins with his day's sustenance,
and returns like empty-bellied birds.
مِثلُlike النَدامىdrinking companions لاnot يَزاhe ceases (word continues)
مِثلُ النَدامى لا يَزا
لُending completing “he ceases” يَتَّبِعُhe pursues المَعاصيsins
لُ يَتَّبِعُ المَعاصي
Like drinking companions, he never
ceases to pursue sins.
Translation model: Sol 6.1