Arabic vocabulary
Do you like coffee?
Shaykh ʿAbd al-Razzāq al-Badr (حَفِظَهُ اللهُ) quoted these light-hearted lines by Shaykh Mullā ʿImrān ibn ʿAlī Āl Riḍwān (رَحِمَهُ اللهُ):
عَلَيْكَ بِشُرْبِ الْبُنِّ فِي كُلِّ لَحْظَةٍ
فَإِنَّ بِهَا يَا صَاحِ خَمْسُ فَوَائِدِ
نَشَاطٌ وَهَضْمٌ ثُمَّ قَطْعُ بَلَاغِمٍ
وَنُورٌ لِعَيْنٍ ثُمَّ قُوتٌ لِعَابِدِ
Drink coffee at every moment,
for it has, my friend, five benefits:
energy, digestion, clearing phlegm,
brightness for the eye, and nourishment for a worshipper.
Useful Arabic vocabulary:
الْبُنُّ — coffee / coffee beans
قُوتٌ — nourishment, sustenance
نَشَاطٌ — energy, activity
عَلَيْكَ بِشُرْبِ الْبُنِّ فِي كُلِّ لَحْظَةٍ
فَإِنَّ بِهَا يَا صَاحِ خَمْسُ فَوَائِدِ
نَشَاطٌ وَهَضْمٌ ثُمَّ قَطْعُ بَلَاغِمٍ
وَنُورٌ لِعَيْنٍ ثُمَّ قُوتٌ لِعَابِدِ
Drink coffee at every moment,
for it has, my friend, five benefits:
energy, digestion, clearing phlegm,
brightness for the eye, and nourishment for a worshipper.
Useful Arabic vocabulary:
الْبُنُّ — coffee / coffee beans
قُوتٌ — nourishment, sustenance
نَشَاطٌ — energy, activity