لاmay ... not ابتلىafflict اللَهGod عاشقاًa lover بفراقِwith separation
لا ابتلى اللَه عاشقاً بفراقِ
فيُلاقيso he endures منfrom جهدهits anguish ماwhat أُلاقيI endure
فيُلاقي من جهده ما أُلاقي
May God never afflict a lover with separation,
May God never afflict a lover with separation,
to endure in its anguish what I endure.
lest he suffer its anguish as I do.
أيّwhat شَيءٍthing أشدّharsher منthan فَقدloss of إلفٍa beloved companion
أيّ شَيءٍ أشدّ من فَقد إلفٍ
بعدafter أُنسthe intimacy of الهوىlove وطِيبand the sweetness of العناقِthe embrace
بعد أُنس الهوى وطِيب العناقِ
What could be harsher than losing an intimate beloved
What is harsher than losing a beloved companion,
after love’s companionship and the sweetness of embrace?
after love's intimacy and the sweetness of an embrace?
فُزتُI gained منfrom رُؤيةseeing الحبيبthe beloved بعيشٍwith a life
فُزتُ من رُؤية الحبيب بعيشٍ
تِهتُI vaunted myself منbecause of طِيبهِits sweetness علىabove العشّاقِthe lovers
تِهتُ من طِيبهِ على العشّاقِ
From seeing the beloved, I found new life;
Through seeing my beloved, I gained a life
through his love, I exulted above all lovers.
whose sweetness made me boast above other lovers.
وتوهَّمتand I imagined أنَّهthat it جَنَّةُthe garden of الخُلeternity (word begins here)
وتوهَّمت أنَّه جَنَّةُ الخُل
دِcompletion of 'eternity' إلىuntil أنthat رأيتُهI saw it غيرَnot باقِlasting
دِ إلى أن رأيتُه غيرَ باقِ
And I imagined that he was the Paradise of Eter—
And I imagined it was the garden of eternal
nity, until I saw that he would not remain.
life, until I saw it would not last.
سيِّديmy lord أنتyou كيفhow بعدafter عِناقthe embrace of الthe (article for 'union')
سيِّدي أنت كيف بعد عِناق ال
وصلِunion أبقىI live on علىin عَنَاقِthe embrace of الفراقseparation
وصلِ أبقى على عَنَاقِ الفراق
My master, how, after the embrace of un—
You are my lord; how, after the embrace of
ion, am I to survive the embrace of separation?
union, can I live on in separation's embrace?
Sol 6.1