إذاif شكرتI thanked الذيthe one who أعطىgave بلاwithout عدةٍa promise
إذا شكرت الذي أعطى بلا عدةٍ
فكيفthen how أشكرI thank منone who أعطىgave ولمand did not يعدpromise
فكيف أشكر من أعطى ولم يعد
If I have thanked the one who gave without prior promise,
If I thank the one who gave without a promise,
how, then, can I thank the one who gave beyond all count?
then how shall I thank one who gave and did not promise?
هذاthis الثناءpraise علىin قربnearness المزارthe place visited وإنand even if
هذا الثناء على قرب المزار وإن
فقدتنيyou miss me فاعتقاديthen my devotion غيرnot مفتقدmissing
فقدتني فاعتقادي غير مفتقد
This praise is measured by the measure of my visit; though
This praise is offered while you are near enough to visit; and even if
I may be absent, my conviction is never absent.
you miss me, my devotion will not be missing.
وماand not المحافظthe steadfast one منone who يثنيpraises علىin قربٍnearness
وما المحافظ من يثني على قربٍ
بلrather المحافظthe steadfast one منone who يثنيpraises علىin بعدdistance
بل المحافظ من يثني على بعد
The truly faithful is not one who praises while near,
And the steadfast one is not he who praises when near,
but the truly faithful is one who praises from afar.
but the steadfast one is he who praises from afar.
Sol 6.1