ياO مَنwho أَضاعَlost رِسالَةa letter أَهدَيتُهاI gave it as a gift
يا مَن أَضاعَ رِسالَة أَهدَيتُها
تَركabandoning الرِسالَةthe letter مِثلlike تَركabandoning المُرسِلthe sender
تَرك الرِسالَة مِثل تَرك المُرسِل
O you who lost a letter I had given,
Abandoning the letter is like abandoning its sender.
حفظpreserving الاِحِبَّةِloved ones لِلمحبfor the lover رَقاعَهhis notes
حفظ الاِحِبَّةِ لِلمحب رَقاعَه
وَأَضَعتَand you lost أَنتَyou رِسالَةa letter لتوسلfor entreaty
وَأَضَعتَ أَنتَ رِسالَة لتوسل
Loved ones preserve a lover's notes,
Yet you yourself have lost a letter of entreaty.
وَعَلامand why تَطلُبdo you request ثانياagain اِرسالَهاsending it
وَعَلام تَطلُب ثانيا اِرسالَها
وَتَضيعهاand you waste it هدراto no purpose كَأَنas though لَمnot تُرسَلit was sent
وَتَضيعها هدرا كَأَن لَم تُرسَل
And why do you ask for it to be sent again,
And waste it, as though it had never been sent?
ماnot ثَمthere لَوif رمتyou wished for الاِعادَةrepetition نُسخَةa copy
ما ثَم لَو رمت الاِعادَة نُسخَة
وَسِوىand apart from الَّتيthe one that اِتلَفَتهاyou destroyed it لَمnot اِنقَلI transcribed
وَسِوى الَّتي اِتلَفَتها لَم اِنقَل
There is no copy, should you wish it repeated;
And I transcribed none but the one you destroyed.
قَدindeed قالَهاuttered it فكرىmy mind مُحاضَرَةextemporaneously وَلَمand not
قَد قالَها فكرى مُحاضَرَة وَلَم
تَسطرbe written down لَدىat وَقتَهاits time بِالمهملin unpointed script
تَسطر لَدى وَقتَها بِالمهمل
My mind composed it extempore, and it was not
Written down then, even in unpointed script.
ياO مفرداpeerless one نظمتhas strung لَهfor him عَلياؤُهhis eminence
يا مفردا نظمت لَه عَلياؤُه
دورpearls (probable intended reading) الثَناءpraise عَلىfor الكَمالِperfection الافضَلthe finest
دور الثَناء عَلى الكَمالِ الافضَل
O peerless one, whose eminence has strung for him
Pearls of praise for the finest perfection,
دَعنيleave me وَماand what فعلhas wrought السقامillness فَاِنfor indeed ليI have
دَعني وَما فعل السقام فَاِن لي
جِسماًa body عَلىupon تِلكَthose العِظامُthe bones النحلwasted
جِسماً عَلى تِلكَ العِظامُ النحل
Leave me with what illness has wrought, for I have
A body upon those wasted bones.
ليI have شاغِلa preoccupation بِالسَقمِwith illness عَنfrom اِرسالِsending ماwhat
لي شاغِل بِالسَقمِ عَن اِرسالِ ما
تَبغىyou seek وَاِرسلهاand I shall send it اِذاwhen لَمnot أَشغلI am occupied
تَبغى وَاِرسلها اِذا لَم أَشغل
Illness keeps me occupied, away from sending what
You seek; I shall send it when I am unoccupied.
لاno بُدalternative لِلتَنسيقِfor orderly composition مِنof عَقلa mind وَمنand of
لا بُد لِلتَنسيقِ مِن عَقل وَمن
فِكرthought وَمِنand of قَلبa heart عَنِfrom الدُنياthe world خلىfree
فِكر وَمِن قَلب عَنِ الدُنيا خلى
Orderly composition requires a mind, and
Thought, and a heart free of the world.
Sol 6.1