قَدindeed تَجَنىhe acted unjustly عَلىagainst المُحبthe lover المَعنىthe tormented one
قَد تَجَنى عَلى المُحب المَعنى
مُذsince رَآهُhe saw him بِحُبِهِby love for him قَدindeed جَنّاhad gone mad
مُذ رَآهُ بِحُبِهِ قَد جَنّا
He has indeed wronged the tormented lover,
The lover may transgress against meaning
Since he saw him driven mad by love for him.
Since he saw with his love that he was possessed
سَكَنٌa beloved كَالظِباlike gazelles نفاراًin skittishness وَلَكنand yet
سَكَنٌ كَالظِبا نفاراً وَلَكن
تَخذhe made القَلبthe heart وَالجَوارحand the limbs سَكنىa dwelling
تَخذ القَلب وَالجَوارح سَكنى
A beloved, as skittish as gazelles, and yet
He became calm like a startled deer, but
He made the heart and limbs his dwelling.
His heart and limbs became calm
ياO بَديعwondrous in الجَمالbeauty ماnot كانَwould be بَدعاًsomething strange
يا بَديع الجَمال ما كانَ بَدعاً
لَوif وَصلتyou granted union to المُحبthe lover يَوماًone day وَأَنىand how could that be?
لَو وَصلت المُحب يَوماً وَأَنى
O you of wondrous beauty, it would be nothing strange
O fairest of beauty, it would not be strange
If you granted the lover union one day—but how could that be?
If you reached your lover one day, when
Sol 6.1