عادَhe returned، والأَرْبَعونَand forty تُغْلِقُcloses بابَهhis door
عادَ، والأَرْبَعونَ تُغْلِقُ بابَه
فطَوَىso he folded away عنaway from غَرامِهِhis passion أَثوابَهhis garments
فطَوَى عن غَرامِهِ أَثوابَه
He returned, as forty closed his door;
He returned, as forty closed its door to him,
Then he folded away his garments, turning from his passion;
And shed the clothes of his passion.
وتَوَلَّتْand passed away أحلامُdreams طَيْشِrecklessness الثّلاثينَthirty
وتَوَلَّتْ أحلامُ طَيْشِ الثّلاثينَ
ووَلَّىand departed عَهْدُthe age of الهَوىlove والصَّبابَةْand ardent longing
ووَلَّى عَهْدُ الهَوى والصَّبابَةْ
And the dreams of thirty's recklessness passed away;
The dreams of reckless thirty faded away,
And the age of love and ardent longing was gone.
And the days of love and youth were gone.
اكْتَسىdonned الخوفُfear وَجْهَهَhis face وتَعالتْand rose
اكْتَسى الخوفُ وَجْهَهَ وتَعالتْ
فيin حَناياهُhis inner depths زَفْرَةٌa sigh وكآبَةْand gloom
في حَناياهُ زَفْرَةٌ وكآبَةْ
Fear donned his face, and there rose
Fear cloaked his face, and sighs of sorrow
within his inner depths a sigh and gloom.
Rose from his grieving soul.
وزَهاand he shone فيin الدُّجىthe darkness بِأَدْمُعِهِwith his tears الحَرَّاءِburning-hot
وزَها في الدُّجى بِأَدْمُعِهِ الحَرَّاءِ
يَخْشَىhe fears مِنَfrom الإلهِGod عِقابَهHis punishment
يَخْشَى مِنَ الإلهِ عِقابَه
And he shone in the darkness with his burning tears,
His tearful eyes shone in the gloom -
Fearing God's punishment.
He feared the punishment of God.
ياOh لَأَمْنيwhat safety is mine! مِنَfrom العُرامِrecklessness (1) وكَمand how often فيin
يا لَأَمْني مِنَ العُرامِ (1) وكَم في
صَبَواتِyouthful passions العُرامِrecklessness أَفْنَىhe squandered شَبابَهْhis youth
صَبَواتِ العُرامِ أَفْنَى شَبابَهْ
Oh, how safe I am from recklessness! And how often, in
If only I had resisted temptation,
reckless passions, he squandered his youth!
And not wasted my youth in sin!
حانَthe time has come حانَthe time has come الرُّجوعُreturning ياO قلبُheart والعَوْand the return (beginning)
حانَ حانَ الرُّجوعُ يا قلبُ والعَوْ
دُend of 'return' بِنَفْسٍwith a soul جَفُولَةٍskittish وَثَّابَةْbounding
دُ بِنَفْسٍ جَفُولَةٍ وَثَّابَةْ
The time has come, has come to return, O heart, and to re-
Alas, alas! My heart, it is time to return
turn with a skittish, bounding soul.
With a remorseful soul made wise.
آبِقٌa runaway عادَhe returned واستعادَand he regained صوابَهhis good sense
آبِقٌ عادَ واستعادَ صوابَه
باركَmay ... bless اللهُGod عَزْمَهُhis resolve وإيابَهand his return
باركَ اللهُ عَزْمَهُ وإيابَه
A runaway returned and regained his good sense.
He came back, wise again,
May God bless his resolve and his return.
God bless his resolve and return!
ماthere is nothing لِعَبْدِfor Abd الوَلِيّal-Wali فيin مَوكِبِthe procession of التَّوthe repentance (beginning)
ما لِعَبْدِ الوَلِيّ في مَوكِبِ التَّو
بةِend of 'repentance' إلّاexcept لُزُومَهhis keeping to مِحْرابَهhis prayer niche
بةِ إلّا لُزُومَه مِحْرابَه
There is nothing for Abd al-Wali in the procession of repen-
A servant of God has no place but the prayer niche,
tance but to keep to his prayer niche.
When joining the procession of repentance.
Sol 6.1