باللهby God كيفhow صبرتyou endured عناaway from us
بالله كيف صبرت عنا
ياO منwho سلبتyou stole العقلthe mind مناfrom us
يا من سلبت العقل منا
By God, how have you borne our absence?
How could you have had patience from us
O you who stole our reason from us!
O you who stole our minds
انسيتhave you forgotten? قلtell ليto me كيفhow كنyou were (first part)
انسيت قل لي كيف كن
تyou were (completion) كماas علمتyou knew وكيفand how كناwe were
ت كما علمت وكيف كنا
Have you forgotten? Tell me how you
Tell me, how were you
were, as you know, and how we were.
As you taught and how were we
ماnot جنfell (of night) هذاthis الليلthe night الاexcept
ما جن هذا الليل الا
فيكfor you عنout of ولهyearning جنناwe went mad
فيك عن وله جننا
This night has not fallen without
This night came about only
our going mad with longing for you.
Because of you, we became insane
اللهGod يعلمknows ماnot ظنناwe imagined
الله يعلم ما ظننا
انthat يقالit is said صبرتyou endured عناaway from us
ان يقال صبرت عنا
God knows we never imagined
God knows we never thought
it would be said: 'You have borne our absence.'
It would be said you had patience for us
لاmay ... not اضحكcause to laugh الرحمنthe Most Merciful بعafter you (first part)
لا اضحك الرحمن بع
دكafter you (completion) قطever للاعداءfor the enemies سناa tooth
دك قط للاعداء سنا
May the Most Merciful never, after
The Merciful never laughs after you
you, make even an enemy's tooth laugh.
At the enemies, we presented our teeth
انif كانwas يرضيكpleases you السقاthe sickness (first part)
ان كان يرضيك السقا
مthe sickness (completion) لناfor us فقدthen indeed ذبناwe melted away تهناwe lost our way
م لنا فقد ذبنا تهنا
If it pleases you that sickness
If being poisoned satisfies you
be ours, we have melted away and lost our way.
Then we have wilted, exhausted
واسمعand hear ثراناour dust فيكfor you اشwe filled (first part)
واسمع ثرانا فيك اش
بعناwe filled (completion) الدجىthe darkness حناyearning واناand groaning
بعنا الدجى حنا وانا
And hear our dust: for you we have filled
And hear our love songs for you, at night we stayed awake, yearning
the darkness with yearning and groaning.
Why not when we are at the spear of your contempt, any leaf we stabbed
لمwhy لاnot ونحنand we برمحby the spear of خصyour waist (first part)
لم لا ونحن برمح خص
ركyour waist (completion) أيyes ورقتهand its slenderness طعناwe were pierced
رك أي ورقته طعنا
Why not, when by the spear of your
Leave the harshness and with loyalty, treat your passionate lover
waist—yes, and its slenderness—we were pierced?
For you, above the branch of the soul, a bird whose wounded heart sang
فدعso abandon الجفاءestrangement وبالوفاand with fidelity
فدع الجفاء وبالوفا
عاملtreat مهيمكyour love-crazed lover المعنىthe tormented one
عامل مهيمك المعنى
So abandon estrangement, and with fidelity
It sang and fell into your eyes, oh if only love rang
treat your tormented, love-crazed lover.
Your acceptance is the goal of his quest
لكfor you فوقupon غصنthe branch of الروحthe soul طاa bird (first part)
لك فوق غصن الروح طا
ئرa bird (completion) قلبهits heart المجروحthe wounded غناsang
ئر قلبه المجروح غنا
For you, upon the soul's branch, there is a bird
And seeing you is the height of what he wished for
whose wounded heart sang.
غناsang ووقعand the impact سامdeath-dealing power عيyour eye (first part)
غنا ووقع سام عي
نكyour eye (completion) فيهwithin it أيyes والحبand love رناrang out
نك فيه أي والحب رنا
It sang, and the deadly impact of your
eye within it—yes, and love—both rang out.
فرضاكso your pleasure زبدةthe essence of قصدهits aim
فرضاك زبدة قصده
ولقاكand meeting you غايةthe ultimate goal of ماwhat تمنىit wished for
ولقاك غاية ما تمنى
So your pleasure is the essence of its aim,
and meeting you is its ultimate wish.
Partial English translation: 19 of 24 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1