نارُfire الهَوىlove تسبكُsmelts القلوبَhearts وبالand through the
نارُ الهَوى تسبكُ القلوبَ وبال
صبرِpatience عليهاunder it تَفاوتُvariation القيمُvalues
صبرِ عليها تَفاوتُ القيمُ
Love's fire smelts hearts, and through
The fire of passion melts hearts and brings woe
patience in enduring it, their worth differs.
Patience over it, values are inconsistent
فثابتٌso a steadfast one فيin الخَلاصِpurity منسبِكٌsmelted
فثابتٌ في الخَلاصِ منسبِكٌ
وطائرٌand one taking flight فيin الخلاصِescape منهزِمُdefeated
وطائرٌ في الخلاصِ منهزِمُ
So one stands firm, smelted into purity;
One persists salvaging from the melt
and another takes flight, defeated in its escape.
Another falls fleeing the melt
كُلٌّeach لهُfor him فيin حبيبهِhis beloved أرَبٌa desire
كُلٌّ لهُ في حبيبهِ أرَبٌ
لوif سُئِلواthey were asked عنabout مَداهُits extent ماnot علِمواthey knew
لو سُئِلوا عن مَداهُ ما علِموا
Each has a desire for his beloved;
Each has in the beloved, hopes
if asked its extent, they would not know.
If asked of its extent, they wouldn't know
والحبُّand love ماthat which غابَis hidden عنكfrom you باطنُهits inner essence
والحبُّ ما غابَ عنك باطنُه
وماand what تراهُyou see it فإنَّهُfor it indeed is صَنَمُan idol
وما تراهُ فإنَّهُ صَنَمُ
And love is that whose inner essence is hidden from you;
Love’s essence hasn’t been hidden from you
and what you see is but an idol.
What you see of it, is but an idol
ماnot أنصفَdid justice to الحبَّlove منwhoever شكاهُcomplained of it ومنْand whoever
ما أنصفَ الحبَّ من شكاهُ ومنْ
يَشْكُcomplains of الهَوىpassion فهوthen he is فيهin it متَّهَمُsuspect
يَشْكُ الهَوى فهو فيه متَّهَمُ
Whoever complains of love has not done it justice; and whoever
Love hasn’t been done justice by one who complains of it or one who
complains of passion is suspect in his love.
Suspects passion, for he is the suspect
أماdid ... not? رأيتyou saw الفَراشَthe moths تأكلُهُdevours it الthe
أما رأيت الفَراشَ تأكلُهُ ال
نارُfire فيعتادُهاso it frequents it ويزدَحِمُand crowds together
نارُ فيعتادُها ويزدَحِمُ
Have you not seen the moths consumed by the
Haven't you seen the moth eaten by the
fire, yet returning to it and crowding together?
Fire yet growing accustomed and persisting
حاشاfar be it لقلبٍfor a heart يحلُّdwells in باطنَهits depths
حاشا لقلبٍ يحلُّ باطنَه
هواكُمُlove for you أنthat يَمَسَّهُtouch it ألَمُpain
هواكُمُ أن يَمَسَّهُ ألَمُ
Far be it that a heart in whose depths dwells
Far from a heart that your love dwells within
love for you should be touched by pain.
Being touched by any pain
Sol 6.1