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Surah 1132:  السردين، والخبز، والبيرة.

In the name of Allah, Most Gracious,

                             Most Merciful.

 

1.  Proclaim! 

     Eat ye and drink ye

     To your heart’s content: 

     For that ye worked

     (Righteousness).

 

2.  And among His Signs

     He shows you the lighting,

     By way both of fear

     And of hope.

 

3.  Enter houses

     Through the proper doors.

     And fear Allah:

     That ye may prosper.

 

4.  And Dixon shall bestow

     On him, of bread and sardines, 

     Anything he shall desire.

 

5.  And thy Lord taught the Bee

     To sting in men’s habitations.

 

6.  O ye who believe!

     Sayeth she,

     Approach not prayers

     with a mind befogged.

     Listen in silence

     So that you might be graced

     With God’s mercy.

 

7.  But they shall there exchange, 

     One poured into another,

     A (loving) cup

     Free of frivolity, 

     Free of all witness

     Of ill.

 

8.  And on the third day

     When the pains of childbirth

     Drove her to the trunk

     Of a palm tree: 

     She cried (in her anguish):

     Ah!  I expect each moment

     To be my next!

 

9.  And behold!

     Bloom’s hand, 

     Soft under a hen. 

 

10. But closer draws unto men

      Buck Mulligan: 

      And yet they remain

      Stubbornly heedless

      Of his approach.

     

11  And Stephen 

      With a mind

      The most befogged.