تَأَنفyou disdain صحبةcompanionship النَفسِthe soul
تَأَنف صحبة النَفسِ
سُرورjoy المبعدthe banished المَنسيthe forgotten
سُرور المبعد المَنسي
You disdain the soul's companionship,
O joy of the banished, forgotten one.
عَليلٌailing قَدalready كَساهُclothed him الدَمthe tears (word continues)
عَليلٌ قَد كَساهُ الدَم
عcompletion of 'tears' أَثواباًrobes مِنof الوَرسwars, a yellow dye
ع أَثواباً مِن الوَرس
An ailing man whom tears have clothed
in robes of yellow wars dye;
كَئيبdejected لاnot يَسرُّfinds joy وَلاnor even
كَئيب لا يَسرُّ وَلا
بِحالin the state of القُربnearness وَالأُنسand companionship
بِحال القُرب وَالأُنس
dejected, finding no delight, not even
in nearness and companionship.
وَذاكَand that لِغَيرةbecause of jealousy أَفضَتhas led
وَذاكَ لِغَيرة أَفضَت
بيَme لِلضرto harm وَالبُؤسand misery
بيَ لِلضر وَالبُؤس
And that is from a jealousy that has led
me to harm and misery.
أَغارَI am jealous عَلَيهِover him مِنof إِدراperception (word continues)
أَغارَ عَلَيهِ مِن إِدرا
كِهِof him (word ending) بِالوَهمthrough imagination وَالحِسand the senses
كِهِ بِالوَهم وَالحِس
I am jealous over him, of any perception
of him through imagination and the senses,
وَمِنand of لَحظاتglances كاتِبِهِhis scribe
وَمِن لَحظات كاتِبِهِ
فَكَيفَthen how بِأَعيُنof the eyes الأُنسhumankind
فَكَيفَ بِأَعيُن الأُنس
and of his scribe's glances—
then what of human eyes?
بِنَفسيwith my soul مَنthe one who يَجرَحis wounded خَدcheek
بِنَفسي مَن يَجرَح خَد
هhis بِاللَمحةby a glance الخلسfurtive
ه بِاللَمحة الخلس
My soul be ransom for him whose cheek
is wounded by a furtive glance;
وَلاand not يَقوىhas strength لَهُof his عَضوٌa limb
وَلا يَقوى لَهُ عَضوٌ
لِرقَتِهِbecause of his tenderness عَلىfor لَمسa touch
لِرقَتِهِ عَلى لَمس
and no limb of his has the strength,
so tender is he, to bear a touch.
وَيَفخَرand boasts قَلبُهُhis heart القاسيhard
وَيَفخَر قَلبُهُ القاسي
بِسَلبin stealing حَشاشةthe last remnant of life النَفسthe soul
بِسَلب حَشاشة النَفس
Yet his hard heart takes pride
in stealing the soul's last remnant of life;
وَيَهجُرand shuns زاعِماًclaiming إِنthat الthe
وَيَهجُر زاعِماً إِن ال
لقاmeeting ضَربa kind مِنof الرَجسdefilement
لقا ضَرب مِن الرَجس
and he shuns me, claiming that
meeting is a kind of defilement.
Sol 6.1