قلتُI said للسّائلينَto those asking لّماwhen رأوْنيthey saw me
قلتُ للسّائلينَ لّما رأوْني
خَطِلَunsteady الخطْوِthe step فيin اختلافيmy repeated visits إليهِto him
خَطِلَ الخطْوِ في اختلافي إليهِ
I said to those who questioned me when they saw me
I saw them wondering, as I walked
Unsteady of step in my repeated visits to him:
Unevenly toward Him in yearning ardor drawn,
ماnot اختلافيmy repeated visits إليهto him إلاexcept لأمرٍfor a purpose
ما اختلافي إليه إلا لأمرٍ
وهوand that is فيin الخَلوةِprivacy اختلافيmy disagreement عَليهِwith him
وهو في الخَلوةِ اختلافي عَليهِ
I keep visiting him for one purpose alone—
"Why do you go so distractedly?" I talked
And that is to oppose him in private.
To them, "Yea, to aloneness with God I'm drawn."
Sol 6.1