الحبُّlove فيin لغةِthe language الصِّغارِthe young سنابلُears of grain
الحبُّ في لغةِ الصِّغارِ سنابلُ
ذهبيةٌgolden تَسْبيcaptivates النُّهىminds وفَسائِلُand palm shoots
ذهبيةٌ تَسْبي النُّهى وفَسائِلُ
Love, in the language of the young, is ears of grain,
Love in the language of the young is
Golden, captivating minds, and palm shoots.
Golden stalks that charm prohibition and ensnare
والحبُّand love فيin عُرْفِthe understanding الهُداةِthe guides مواكبٌprocessions
والحبُّ في عُرْفِ الهُداةِ مواكبٌ
للخيرfor goodness تحْرُسُguard صرحَهُits edifice وتُقاتلُand fight
للخير تحْرُسُ صرحَهُ وتُقاتلُ
And love, in the guides' understanding, is processions
And love in the lexicon of the wise is
For goodness, guarding its edifice and fighting.
Caravans for good that guard its fortress and battle
والحبُّand love فيin صُحُفpages الغزاةthe invaders قصائدٌpoems
والحبُّ في صُحُف الغزاة قصائدٌ
للصيدfor hunting فيin بحْرِthe sea الهوىpassion وحَبائلُand snares
للصيد في بحْرِ الهوى وحَبائلُ
And love, in the invaders' pages, is poems
And love in the scriptures of the conquerors is
For hunting in the sea of passion, and snares.
Poems for the hunt in the sea of passion and snares
وإذاand when تجرّدَتِstrip themselves النُّفوسُsouls منof التقىpiety
وإذا تجرّدَتِ النُّفوسُ من التقى
فالظُّلْمthen injustice عدلُjustice والحقيقةُand truth باطلُfalsehood
فالظُّلْم عدلُ والحقيقةُ باطلُ
And when souls strip themselves of piety,
And when souls are stripped of piety
Then injustice is justice, and truth is falsehood.
Oppression becomes justice and truth is false
Sol 6.1