كمhow often أستغيثُI cry for help وكمand how often أشكوI complain وأعتذرُand I apologize
كم أستغيثُ وكم أشكو وأعتذرُ
وكمand how often أنُوحُI lament وكمand how often آتيI come وكمand how often أذَرُI leave
وكم أنُوحُ وكم آتي وكم أذَرُ
How often I cry for help, how often I complain and apologize;
How often I cry for help, and how often I complain and apologize!
how often I lament, how often I weep, how often I desist.
And how often I lament, and how often I come, and how often I leave!
لوif كنتُI were أشكوI complain صباباتيmy passionate longings إلىto حجرٍa stone
لو كنتُ أشكو صباباتي إلى حجرٍ
لكانthen it would have been أوor كادalmost was ليfor me منfrom عندهin its keeping الظفرُsuccess
لكان أو كاد لي من عنده الظفرُ
If I poured out my ardent longings to a stone,
Had I complained of my passionate longings to a stone,
it would—or nearly would—have yielded me what I sought.
Success would have come to me from it, or nearly so.
أفنيتI have used up عمريmy life فيin شُكرٍgratitude ومعذرةٍand apology
أفنيت عمري في شُكرٍ ومعذرةٍ
منfrom غيرother than ذنبٍa fault فهلاthen why not كنتَyou were تَغتفِرُyou forgive
من غير ذنبٍ فهلا كنتَ تَغتفِرُ
I have spent my life in gratitude and apology,
I have spent my life in thanks and apologies,
though guilty of no sin—why, then, would you not forgive?
Without any fault—why, then, did you not forgive?
Sol 6.1