ياO طلعةvision الحبthe beloved لاقَيْتُوI met him ولاقانيand he met me
يا طلعة الحب لاقَيْتُو ولاقاني
ووجههand his face النورlight لاnot أصفرyellow ولاnor قانيcrimson
ووجهه النور لا أصفر ولا قاني
O vision of the beloved, I met him and he met me.
O dawn of love, I met you though you met not me,
And his face is light, neither yellow nor crimson.
Your face of light, neither yellow nor bleak,
كمhow many فيهconcerning him منof أشعريْan Ashʿarī حائرْbewildered ولاقانيand Laqqānī
كم فيه من أشعريْ حائرْ ولاقاني
مشتتscattered الفكرthought لاnot حائزْattaining ولاnor قانيpossessing
مشتت الفكر لا حائزْ ولا قاني
Many an Ashʿarī—and Laqqānī too—is bewildered by him,
How much of my poetry in you, perplexed and met not me,
Scattered in thought, neither attaining nor possessing.
My thoughts scattered, neither comprehending nor met me.
Sol 6.1