ياah! سقىmay He water اللهGod لذةthe delight of الموتdeath لماwhen
يا سقى الله لذة الموت لما
يتلاقىmeet one another المحبthe lover والمحبوبُand the beloved
يتلاقى المحب والمحبوبُ
Ah, may God water the delight of death, when
Oh, You who quench the sweetness of death when
The lover and the beloved meet.
The lover and beloved meet
إنماnothing but الموتdeath نشأةa new existence وسرورand joy
إنما الموت نشأة وسرور
وهوand it is شيءsomething يلذis delightful ليto me ويطبand is pleasant
وهو شيء يلذ لي ويطب
Death is but a new existence and joy,
Death is but joy and bliss
And it is something that delights me and is pleasant.
A thing I savor and delight in
أناI واللهby God لستI am not فيunder حكمthe rule of طبعnature
أنا والله لست في حكم طبع
لاnot أرىI see عنهfrom it نفرةaversion ياO أديبman of letters
لا أرى عنه نفرة يا أديب
I, by God, am not under nature’s rule;
By God, it's not in my nature
I feel no aversion to it, O man of letters.
To feel aversion, O wise one
هوit لوif لمnot يكنbe بهin it غيرother than روحa spirit
هو لو لم يكن به غير روح
غالبprevailing للإلهfor God ليسis not يغيبabsent
غالب للإله ليس يغيب
Were there nothing in it but a spirit
If naught but the soul remains
Prevailing for God, never absent,
It shall prevail, not disappear
لكفاناit would suffice us وكيفand how وهوand it is خلاصdeliverance
لكفانا وكيف وهو خلاص
منfrom كثيفdense matter بهby it أناI المحجوبthe veiled one
من كثيف به أنا المحجوب
It would suffice us—how much more, when it is deliverance
Enough for us - how could we grieve
From dense matter by which I am veiled.
When it's salvation from worldly veil?
Sol 6.1