يَاO بْنَson of الَّذِيthe one who رَهَنَpawned الْخَمَّارَthe wine-seller سُبْحَتَهُhis prayer beads
يَا بْنَ الَّذِي رَهَنَ الْخَمَّارَ سُبْحَتَهُ
يَوْمَon the day of الْعرُوبَةِFriday فيin عَدِّcounting الْقَوارِيرِthe bottles
يَوْمَ الْعرُوبَةِ في عَدِّ الْقَوارِيرِ
O son of him who pawned his prayer beads to the wine-seller
O son of him who pawned his robe
on Friday, while counting the bottles.
The day he counted the jugs of wine
مَاnot زَالَceased يَشْرَبُdrinking خَمْرَاًwine غَيْرَnot مُدَّكِرٍmindful
مَا زَالَ يَشْرَبُ خَمْرَاً غَيْرَ مُدَّكِرٍ
إِثْمَاًsin وَيَأْكُلُand eating سُحْتَاًforbidden food غَيْرَnot مَنْحُورِslaughtered
إِثْمَاً وَيَأْكُلُ سُحْتَاً غَيْرَ مَنْحُورِ
He kept drinking wine, heedless of
He kept on drinking sinful wine unmindfully
sin, and eating forbidden, unslaughtered flesh,
And eating pork unlawfully
حَتَّىuntil إِذَاwhen نَالَtook hold مِنْهُof him السُّكْرُdrunkenness قَامَhe rose إِلَىtoward
حَتَّى إِذَا نَالَ مِنْهُ السُّكْرُ قَامَ إِلَى
فَيَّاضَةِa woman overflowing الْقَرْءِwith menses لَمْnever تُعْهَدْshe was known بِتَطْهِيرِfor purification
فَيَّاضَةِ الْقَرْءِ لَمْ تُعْهَدْ بِتَطْهِيرِ
until, when drunkenness took hold of him, he went to
Until drunk, he went to
a woman overflowing with menses, never known to purify herself.
The innocent girl unsullied
فَكُنْتَso you were نُطْفَةَa drop of semen سُوءٍwickedness قَدْalready تَعَجَّلَهَاhastened it
فَكُنْتَ نُطْفَةَ سُوءٍ قَدْ تَعَجَّلَهَا
دَاعِيthe lure الْغَوَايَةِof depravity مِنْfrom خَمْرٍwine وَخَنْزِيرِand swine
دَاعِي الْغَوَايَةِ مِنْ خَمْرٍ وَخَنْزِيرِ
So you were a vile drop of seed, hastened forth by
You were an evil germ hastened
the lure of depravity, from wine and swine.
By the caller to debauchery with wine and pork