كتبتI wrote إلىto سريmy inner secret بسطرwith a line منof الهوىlove
كتبت إلى سري بسطر من الهوى
وكاتبهand its scribe وجديmy ecstasy وحاملهand its bearer قلبيmy heart
وكاتبه وجدي وحامله قلبي
I inscribed, my God, my secret in a line of love;
I wrote to my inner secret with a line of love.
its scribe is my yearning, and its bearer my heart.
And its scribe is my ecstasy, and its bearer my heart.
روتهrelated it مجاريchannels الدمعtears عنfrom حبlove قالبيmy bodily frame
روته مجاري الدمع عن حب قالبي
وحبيand my love عنfrom روحيmy spirit وروحيand my spirit عنfrom ربيmy Lord
وحبي عن روحي وروحي عن ربي
The channels of tears transmit it from the love within my bodily frame;
The channels of tears related it from the love of my bodily frame,
my love from my spirit, and my spirit from my Lord.
And my love from my spirit, and my spirit from my Lord.
فإنfor indeed العيونthe eyes النجلwide تبكيweep over بلابليmy sorrows
فإن العيون النجل تبكي بلابلي
وتفنيand efface مراسيميmy outward forms وتبرينيand strip me عنof لبيmy reason
وتفني مراسيمي وتبريني عن لبي
For the wide, lovely eyes weep over my heart’s tumults,
For the wide eyes weep over my sorrows,
and efface my outward traces and strip me of reason,
And efface my outward forms and strip me of my reason,
بأنbecause الهوىlove دينيmy religion وعشيand my nest وملتيand my creed
بأن الهوى ديني وعشي وملتي
وروحيand my spirit وأحشائيand my entrails وكليand my whole being وقالبيand my bodily frame
وروحي وأحشائي وكلي وقالبي
because passion is my faith, my ardent love, and my creed—
Because love is my religion, my nest, and my creed,
my spirit, my innermost being, my all, and my bodily form.
And my spirit, my entrails, my whole being, and my bodily frame.
Sol 6.1