كمhow often تنعَّمتُI enjoyed bliss فيin الهوىlove وشقيتُand I suffered
كم تنعَّمتُ في الهوى وشقيتُ
كمhow often وكمand how often متُّI died فيهin it ثمthen حييتُI lived again
كم وكم متُّ فيه ثم حييتُ
How often have I enjoyed bliss in love and suffered!
How much I reveled in love and suffered in it,
How often, and how often, have I died in it, then lived again!
How often I died in it and came back to life.
إنif أكنI have been ربماsometimes سخطتُI was displeased علىwith الدهTime (first part of الدهر)
إن أكن ربما سخطتُ على الده
رcompletion of الدهر (Time) لذنبٍfor a fault فطالso long has it been ماparticle completing 'long have…' قدindeed رضيتُI have been content
ر لذنبٍ فطال ما قد رضيتُ
If I have sometimes been angry with Time
If I was perhaps angry with fate for some sin,
for a fault, long indeed have I been content.
I have long been content with whatever befell me.
نغصmay … vex اللَهُGod حاسداًan envier نغصembittered العيlife (first part of العيش)
نغص اللَهُ حاسداً نغص العي
شَcompletion of العيش (life) وقدand indeed طالhas been long للحبيبfor the beloved المَبيتُthe overnight stay
شَ وقد طال للحبيب المَبيتُ
May God vex an envier who embittered life,
May God torment the envious one who poisons life,
though the beloved's overnight stay has been long.
For the beloved's night has been long.
ماwhat يريدdoes he want الحسودُthe envious one منّاfrom us ولكنand yet
ما يريد الحسودُ منّا ولكن
كلُّevery شيءٍthing منfrom المَقيتthe loathsome one مَقيتُloathsome
كلُّ شيءٍ من المَقيت مَقيتُ
What does the envious one want from us? Yet
The envious want nothing from me, rather
everything from the loathsome one is loathsome.
Everything from a hated one is hateful.
Sol 6.1