ياO مُطيعَyou who obey العَذولِthe reproacher فيin عِصيانيdisobeying me
يا مُطيعَ العَذولِ في عِصياني
ومُذيقيand you who make me taste حَرارَةthe heat of الهجرانِabandonment
ومُذيقي حَرارَة الهجرانِ
O you who obey the reproacher in defying me,
and make me taste the heat of abandonment,
اتَّقيFear اللَّهَGod لاdo not تَرعنِيَfrighten me بالصَّدwith rejection (word continues)
اتَّقي اللَّهَ لا تَرعنِيَ بالصَّد
دِ(completes 'rejection') وَجازِand repay الإحسانَkindness بالإِحسانِwith kindness
دِ وَجازِ الإحسانَ بالإِحسانِ
fear God; do not frighten me with rejection,
and repay kindness with kindness.
كيفَHow أبقَىI survive عَلىthrough الزَّمانِtime وهجراand abandonment (word continues)
كيفَ أبقَى عَلى الزَّمانِ وهجرا
نُكَyour (completes 'abandonment') ممَّاamong what جَنَتhave wrought صروفُthe vicissitudes of الزَّمانِtime
نُكَ ممَّا جَنَت صروفُ الزَّمانِ
How can I live on through time, when your abandonment
is among the wrongs wrought by time's vicissitudes?
صرتُI have become أجفوكَI shun you مُكرَهاًagainst my will وعلىand concerning الthe
صرتُ أجفوكَ مُكرَهاً وعلى ال
حُبِّlove دليلٌevidence منfrom ناظِريmy eye ولِسانيand my tongue
حُبِّ دليلٌ من ناظِري ولِساني
I have come to shun you against my will, yet
my eye and tongue bear witness to love.
فإِذاso whenever عذتُI sought refuge بالتجلُّدِin fortitude عنكُمaway from you (plural)
فإِذا عذتُ بالتجلُّدِ عنكُم
كذَّبتنيbelied me نواظرُthe eyes of الأجفانِthe eyelids
كذَّبتني نواظرُ الأجفانِ
Whenever I seek refuge from you in fortitude,
the eyes beneath the lids give me the lie.
كيفَHow تَجنيyou do wrong ولاand do not تخافُfear عقاباًpunishment
كيفَ تَجني ولا تخافُ عقاباً
وفُؤاديwhile my heart مُعاقبٌis punished غيرُnot جانيa wrongdoer
وفُؤادي مُعاقبٌ غيرُ جاني
How can you do wrong and fear no punishment,
while my heart is punished without being guilty?
خلِّLeave alone ماwhat بينَbetween مقلتَيكَyour two eyes وقلبيand my heart
خلِّ ما بينَ مقلتَيكَ وقلبي
فعَليناfor upon us يدٌa hand منfrom السُّلطانِthe sovereign
فعَلينا يدٌ من السُّلطانِ
Leave what lies between your two eyes and my heart alone,
for the sovereign's hand is upon us.
لاDo not تكونَنَّever be ثالِثاًa third لِقَوِيَّيbeside two mighty ones (word continues)
لا تكونَنَّ ثالِثاً لِقَوِيَّي
نِ(completes the dual ending) فَلوfor if كانَit were واحِداًone لَكفانيit would have sufficed me
نِ فَلو كانَ واحِداً لَكفاني
Do not become a third beside two mighty ones,
for even one would have sufficed me.
لكَYours واللَّهِby God فيin صَميمthe very core of فُؤاديmy heart
لكَ واللَّهِ في صَميم فُؤادي
لذَّةُthe delight of الماءِwater فيin فَمthe mouth of العَطشانِthe thirsty one
لذَّةُ الماءِ في فَم العَطشانِ
Yours, by God, in the very core of my heart,
is the delight of water in the mouth of the thirsty.
Sol 6.1