وراءكِbehind you; put aside أقوالَthe words of الوشاةthe tale-bearers الفواجرthe wicked
وراءكِ أقوالَ الوشاة الفواجر
ودونكand take before you أحوالthe states of الغرامpassionate love المخامرِoverpowering
ودونك أحوال الغرام المخامرِ
Leave behind you the words of wicked tale-bearers,
Behind you are the words of scandalous slanderers,
And behold the states of overpowering love.
And beneath you are states of intoxicating passion.
فلولاfor, were it not for ولوعٌa fondness منكon your part بالصَّدِّfor rejection ماnot سعواthey strove
فلولا ولوعٌ منك بالصَّدِّ ما سعوا
ولولاand were it not for الهوىlove لمdid not انْتدبْI undertake للمعاذرِto offer excuses
ولولا الهوى لم انْتدبْ للمعاذرِ
But for your fondness for rejection, they would not have striven;
If not for your inclination towards rejection, they would not have sought,
And but for love, I would not have set about making excuses.
And if not for love, excuses would not have been appointed.
تَزاورَturned away نَوميmy sleep أنbecause هَجرتِyou deserted وطالماand often
تَزاورَ نَومي أن هَجرتِ وطالما
صفاwas tranquil صفوَwith the serenity of جفنٍan eyelid إذwhen وصلتyou drew near وناظرand an eye
صفا صفوَ جفنٍ إذ وصلت وناظر
My sleep turned away because you deserted me, though often
My sleep was visited when you were estranged, and oft
It was tranquil, with eyelid and eye at peace, when you drew near.
The eyelid was purified when you were united and watched.
لقدindeed أنجمتْceased تلكthose العهودُpledges كأَنَّهاas though they were
لقد أنجمتْ تلك العهودُ كأَنَّها
جوافلُfleeing flocks of طيرٍbirds نُفِّرتْwere startled away بالخوادرِby lions in their lairs
جوافلُ طيرٍ نُفِّرتْ بالخوادرِ
Those pledges have indeed ended, as though they were
Those times were starred as if they were
Fleeing birds startled by lions lurking in their lairs.
Flocks of birds startled by dangers.
فلاso neither الطيفُthe dream-phantom للطرفِto the eye القريحwounded بسانحٍappearing
فلا الطيفُ للطرفِ القريح بسانحٍ
ولاnor الحِبُّthe beloved للقلبto the heart المعنَّىtormented بزائرِvisiting
ولا الحِبُّ للقلب المعنَّى بزائرِ
No dream-phantom appears to the wounded eye,
So neither the specter pleased the desirous eyelid,
Nor does the beloved visit the tormented heart.
Nor did love please the pained heart with a visitor.
سليمٌone stricken as by snakebite منby الأشواقlongings شِيبْwas mingled بكاذبِwith a liar
سليمٌ من الأشواق شِيبْ بكاذبِ
وأمْنٌand security منfrom الإِلمامa visit ريْعَwas alarmed بهاجرِby one who forsakes
وأمْنٌ من الإِلمام ريْعَ بهاجرِ
One bitten by longing, tainted by a liar,
One whose old age lies about longing is secure,
And the peace of a visit, shaken by one who forsakes;
And one whose union is safe from pain is a maiden Haajar.
وباكٍand a weeper إذاwhen ماemphatic particle أجْدبَturned barren العامُthe year عندهaround him
وباكٍ إذا ما أجْدبَ العامُ عنده
سقىwatered التُرابَthe dust منfrom أجفانهhis eyelids بالمواطرِwith rain-bearing clouds
سقى التُرابَ من أجفانه بالمواطرِ
And a weeper who, when the year turns barren around him,
And one who weeps when the year is barren,
Waters the dust with showers from his eyelids.
Watered the soil from his eyelids with showers.
أصختِyou listened ولوand had أرعيتyou lent وجديmy yearning مسْمعاًan ear
أصختِ ولو أرعيت وجدي مسْمعاً
لَرُدَّwould surely have been driven back علىon أعقابهhis heels كلُّevery فاجرِscoundrel
لَرُدَّ على أعقابه كلُّ فاجرِ
You listened; yet had you lent my yearning an ear,
If you had heeded my passion with listening ears,
Every scoundrel would have been driven back on his heels.
Every wicked one would return on his heels.
وحمَّلتنيand you burdened me ذنبthe guilt of الكذوبthe habitual liar ولمand not تزلْceased
وحمَّلتني ذنب الكذوب ولم تزلْ
يدُthe hand of الخطبmisfortune تُدميbloodies ناقلاًa walker غيرnot عاثرِstumbling
يدُ الخطب تُدمي ناقلاً غير عاثرِ
And you burdened me with the liar’s guilt; still
And you blamed me for the sin of lying, though still
Misfortune’s hand bloodies a walker who has not stumbled.
The hand of calamities continues to transport me without stumbling.
عصيتُI defied أميرthe prince of العذلِreproach فيكِfor your sake وطالماand often
عصيتُ أمير العذلِ فيكِ وطالما
تداولrepeatedly assailed سمعيmy hearing مجلباًclamoring بالزَّواجرِwith rebukes
تداول سمعي مجلباً بالزَّواجرِ
I defied the prince of reproach for your sake, though often
I disobeyed the prince of love for you, and long
He assailed my ears again and again, clamoring with rebukes.
My ears received warnings with reprimands.
إذاwhenever عددتI count أنواعthe kinds of صدكyour rejection واغتدتand became
إذا عددت أنواع صدك واغتدت
أوائلهاtheir first instances مشفوعةjoined بالأواخرby the last
أوائلها مشفوعة بالأواخر
Whenever I count the kinds of your rejection, and
If I enumerated the types of your rejection and transgressed,
Their first have become joined by their last,
Their beginnings accompanied by their ends.
محاهاerased them هوىًlove ماnot يستفيقcomes to its senses كماjust as انمحىwas erased
محاها هوىً ما يستفيق كما انمحى
بحلمthrough the forbearance of جَلاJalā الدينal-Dīn عُظْمُthe enormity of الجرائرoffenses
بحلم جَلا الدين عُظْمُ الجرائر
A love that never sobers erases them, as are effaced
A passion that does not awaken erased them, as erased was
By Jalā al-Dīn’s forbearance the gravest offenses.
The enormity of crimes with Jalal al-Din’s dream.
إذاwhen ماemphatic particle أتاهcomes to him مُجرمٌa wrongdoer وهوand he قادرٌpowerful
إذا ما أتاه مُجرمٌ وهو قادرٌ
توهَّمتهُyou would think him منbecause of عفوهhis forgiveness غيرَnot قادرِpowerful
توهَّمتهُ من عفوه غيرَ قادرِ
When a wrongdoer comes to him while he has power,
Whenever a criminal came to him while able,
His forgiveness makes you think him powerless.
He imagined him, due to his pardon, unable.
Sol 6.1