فيمwhy عادَhas turned الرِّضىfavor أباO Abu (‘father of’) الفَتْحِal-Fath (‘victory’) سُخْطاanger
فيم عادَ الرِّضى أبا الفَتْحِ سُخْطا
والدنوّand closeness الذيthat عَهِدْناهwe knew it شَحْطاdistance
والدنوّ الذي عَهِدْناه شَحْطا
Why, Abu al-Fath, has favor turned to anger,
Why has pleasure with Abul Fath turned to wrath
and the closeness we knew to distance?
And the closeness we knew to abandonment?
أمor لماذاwhy نَقَضْتَyou broke شَرْطَthe pledge of أخٍa brother لاnot
أم لماذا نَقَضْتَ شَرْطَ أخٍ لا
ينقضُbreaks الدهرُtime للأخوّةِfor brotherhood شَرْطاa pledge
ينقضُ الدهرُ للأخوّةِ شَرْطا
Or why have you broken a brother’s pledge, though
Or why have you broken a pact with a brother
time breaks no pledge of brotherhood?
Whose brotherhood will not be broken by time?
تتخطَّىyou venture إلىinto التجنيunjust accusations وماand what عذbeginning of ‘excuse’
تتخطَّى إلى التجني وما عذ
رُcompletion of ‘excuse’ خليلٍa close friend إلىinto التجنِّيunjust accusations تَخَطَّىhas ventured
رُ خليلٍ إلى التجنِّي تَخَطَّى
You venture into unjust accusations—what excuse
You pass me by to draw near to another
has a close friend who ventures into unjust accusations?
No friend ever passed by a friend to draw near.
وتُغَطِّيand you conceal الجفاءَcoldness دونيfrom me فتأبىyet refuse
وتُغَطِّي الجفاءَ دوني فتأبى
حركاتُthe gestures of الجفاءcoldness أنْto تتَغَطَّىbe concealed
حركاتُ الجفاء أنْ تتَغَطَّى
And you conceal your coldness from me, yet
You cover your coldness toward me and refuse
the gestures of coldness refuse to be concealed.
To allow the movements of coldness covered.
إنif يكنْis ليon my part تذكريmy mentioning الطاءَthe letter ṭāʾ جُرْمٌan offense
إن يكنْ لي تذكري الطاءَ جُرْمٌ
لاnot تَرانيyou see me منfrom بعدهاafter it أذكرُI mention الطَّاthe letter ṭāʾ
لا تَراني من بعدها أذكرُ الطَّا
If my mentioning the letter ṭāʾ is an offense on my part,
If remembering our friendship is a crime,
you will not see me mention ṭāʾ after that.
After this you'll not see me remember at all.
Sol 6.1