ظَفِرَtriumphed الطَّالِبُونَthe seekers وَاتَّصَلَand was attained الوصلُunion
ظَفِرَ الطَّالِبُونَ وَاتَّصَلَ الوصلُ
وَفَازَand succeeded الأَحبَابُthe lovers بالأحبَابِwith the beloveds
وَفَازَ الأَحبَابُ بالأحبَابِ
The seekers have triumphed, and union has been attained,
And the lovers have won their beloveds.
وَبَقيناand we remained مُذّبذبينَwavering حَيَارىbewildered
وَبَقينا مُذّبذبينَ حَيَارى
بَينَbetween حَدِّthe threshold of الوصولِunion والاجتنابِand estrangement
بَينَ حَدِّ الوصولِ والاجتنابِ
And we remain wavering, bewildered,
Between union's threshold and estrangement.
نَرتجيwe hope for القُربَnearness بالعبادِthrough the servants وهذاand this
نَرتجي القُربَ بالعبادِ وهذا
نَفسُthe very حَالِcondition of المُحَالِthe impossible لِلألبَابِto discerning minds
نَفسُ حَالِ المُحَالِ لِلألبَابِ
We hope for nearness through the servants, and this
Is, to discerning minds, impossibility itself.
فَاسقِنَاso give us to drink مِنهof it شُربَةًa draught تمنعwards off الغَمّgrief
فَاسقِنَا مِنه شُربَةً تمنع الغَمّ
وَتهدِيand guides إلَىto طَرِيقِthe path of الصَّوَابِwhat is right
وَتهدِي إلَى طَرِيقِ الصَّوَابِ
So give us a draught of it that wards off grief
And guides us to the right path.
يَاO طَبيبَhealer of السِّقَامِsickness يَاO مَرهَمَbalm for الجُرthe wound (first part)
يَا طَبيبَ السِّقَامِ يَا مَرهَمَ الجُر
حِcompletion of 'wound' وَيَاand O مُنقذِيmy deliverer مِنَfrom الأوصَابِafflictions
حِ وَيَا مُنقذِي مِنَ الأوصَابِ
O healer of sickness, O balm for the
wound, and O my deliverer from afflictions,
لَستُI do not أَدريknow بِمَاwith what أُداويI treat سقاميmy sickness
لَستُ أَدري بِمَا أُداوي سقامي
أَوor بِماذَاby what means أفوزُI may triumph يَومَon the Day of الحِسَابِReckoning
أَو بِماذَا أفوزُ يَومَ الحِسَابِ
I do not know with what to treat my sickness,
Or by what I may triumph on the Day of Reckoning.
Sol 6.1