أَغالِبُكَdoes it overpower you? القلبُthe heart اللَّجوجobstinate صَبابَةًwith ardent love
أَغالِبُكَ القلبُ اللَّجوج صَبابَةً
وشوقاًand longing إلىfor أسماءَAsma أمْor أنتَyou غالبُهْoverpowering it
وشوقاً إلى أسماءَ أمْ أنتَ غالبُهْ
Does the obstinate heart overpower you with ardent love
My stubborn heart battles you with yearning
and longing for Asma, or do you overpower it?
And longing for the names of Umm are you its conqueror?
يهيمُis lost in love ولاand does not يعْياtire بأسماءof Asma قلبُهhis heart
يهيمُ ولا يعْيا بأسماء قلبُه
كذاكsuch is الهوىlove إمرارُهits bitterness وعواقِبُهْand its consequences
كذاك الهوى إمرارُه وعواقِبُهْ
His heart is lost in love and never tires of Asma;
It wanders lost, unaware of the names of its heart
such is love—its bitterness and its consequences.
Such is love, its passing and its consequences
أيُلحىis he to be blamed? امرؤa man فيfor حبِّlove of أسماءAsma قدhas نأىdrawn away
أيُلحى امرؤ في حبِّ أسماء قد نأى
بِغَمْزٍbecause of insinuations منfrom الواشينthe slanderers وازوَرَّand turned aside جانبُهْhis side
بِغَمْزٍ من الواشين وازوَرَّ جانبُهْ
Is a man to be blamed for loving Asma, when he has drawn away
Does a man persist loving the names of one gone
because of the slanderers' insinuations, and turned his side away?
With a wink from the slanderers, who corrupted his side?
وأسماءُand Asma هَمُّthe preoccupation of النفسthe soul إنif كنتَyou are عالماًaware
وأسماءُ هَمُّ النفس إن كنتَ عالماً
وباديand the manifest part of أحاديثِthoughts of الفؤادِthe heart وغائبهْand its hidden part
وبادي أحاديثِ الفؤادِ وغائبهْ
And Asma is the soul's preoccupation, if you know,
The names are the soul's concern, if you are learned
and the heart's thoughts, both manifest and hidden.
And understand the conversations of its heart and its absence
إذاwhen ذكرَتْهاit recalls her النفسُthe soul ظَلْتُI remain كأنَّنيas though I
إذا ذكرَتْها النفسُ ظَلْتُ كأنَّني
يُزعزعنيshakes me قفقافshivering وِرْدٍa bout of fever وصالبُهْand its raging fever
يُزعزعني قفقاف وِرْدٍ وصالبُهْ
When my soul recalls her, I remain as though
When the soul remembers her, I remain as though
a fever's chills and fierce grip were shaking me.
Shaken by the twittering and strength of a rose
Sol 6.1