وُجودُexistence وَجديmy ardor فيكُمfor you (plural) لَمnot يَزَلcease
وُجودُ وَجدي فيكُم لَم يَزَل
وُجوبُهُits necessity يَمنَعُprecludes إِمكانَهُits contingency
وُجوبُهُ يَمنَعُ إِمكانَهُ
My ardor for you has never ceased to exist;
its necessity precludes its contingency.
فَهوَso it is قَديمٌeternal ذِكرُهُits remembrance مُحدَثٌnewly arisen
فَهوَ قَديمٌ ذِكرُهُ مُحدَثٌ
أَوجَبَcaused بَعدُremoteness العَهدِthe past نِسيانَهُits forgetting
أَوجَبَ بَعدُ العَهدِ نِسيانَهُ
So it is eternal, though its remembrance is new;
the long lapse of time has caused it to be forgotten.
وَلَيسَand is not بِالعارِفِa knower of سِرَّthe secret of الهَوىlove
وَلَيسَ بِالعارِفِ سِرَّ الهَوى
مَنwhoever فاتَeluded عِلمُknowledge of السَبقِpre-existence عِرفانَهُhis understanding
مَن فاتَ عِلمُ السَبقِ عِرفانَهُ
And he is no knower of love's secret
whose understanding has missed knowledge of pre-existence.
كَلّاcertainly not وَلاnor الصادِقِthe truthful one فيin قَولِهِhis speech
كَلّا وَلا الصادِقِ في قَولِهِ
مَنwhoever لَمnot يُقِمestablish فيin النَفسِthe soul بُرهانَهُhis proof
مَن لَم يُقِم في النَفسِ بُرهانَهُ
No indeed; nor is he truthful in his speech
who has not established his proof within the soul.
Sol 6.1