لمdid not أعْطِI give نفسيmy soul حَقَّهاher due
لم أعْطِ نفسي حَقَّها
مَلَّكْتُI granted ownership مِثْلَكَone like you رِقَّهاher bondage
مَلَّكْتُ مِثْلَكَ رِقَّها
I did not give my soul her due;
I did not give my soul its due
I made her the slave of one like you.
I enslaved it like you enslaved yours
فالآنand now أعْتَقَهاset her free هواher (object suffix)
فالآن أعْتَقَها هوا
كَyour (suffix completing 'love for you') وكانand was رأييmy resolve عِتْقَهاher liberation
كَ وكان رأيي عِتْقَها
And now love for you has set her free,
But now love has freed it
and freeing her was my resolve.
As freeing it was my view
رفقتْtreated gently بهاher (with) نارُthe fire الأسىof grief
رفقتْ بها نارُ الأسى
منfrom حيثwhere أهوىI desire رِفْقَهاgentleness toward her
من حيث أهوى رِفْقَها
The fire of grief treated her gently,
The fire of sorrow treated it gently
where I desired gentleness toward her.
From where I fell in love, gently
لمdid not تلقshe finds فيin معشوقهاher beloved
لم تلق في معشوقها
صوناًprotection فصانتso she guarded عشقهاher love
صوناً فصانت عشقها
She found in her beloved
It did not find in its beloved
no protection, so she guarded her love.
Protection, so it protected its love
ياO باذلاًone offering كذبَfalsehood المودaffection (word continues)
يا باذلاً كذبَ المود
ةِcompletion of 'affection' حينwhile أَبْذُلُI offer صِدْقَهاits truth
ةِ حين أَبْذُلُ صِدْقَها
O you who offer false affection,
O you who falsely pretend affection
while I offer its truth,
When I offer you my sincerity
ومسامحاًand one freely permitting بهجائهlampooning him
ومسامحاً بهجائه
غربَthe west البلادِof the lands وشرقهاand their east
غربَ البلادِ وشرقها
and who allow yourself to be lampooned
And forgive your estrangement
throughout the lands, west and east:
Whether in the east or west of countries
إنif صُعِّبَتْwere made difficult طُرُقُpaths القلوthe hearts (word continues)
إن صُعِّبَتْ طُرُقُ القلو
بِcompletion of 'hearts' إِليكَto you سَهَّلَmade easy طرقهاtheir paths
بِ إِليكَ سَهَّلَ طرقها
If the paths of hearts are made difficult,
If the paths of hearts were difficult
satire eases their paths to you.
To you, it made its paths easy
لوif كنتَyou were رزقَsustenance النفسِof the soul ماnot
لو كنتَ رزقَ النفسِ ما
كانتْshe was لتطلبَto seek رزقهاher sustenance
كانتْ لتطلبَ رزقها
If you were my soul's sustenance,
If you were the sustenance of the soul
she would not seek her sustenance.
It would not have sought its sustenance
قَبُحتْwas ugly غلالةُfine veil وجهكyour face الthe
قَبُحتْ غلالةُ وجهك ال
منسيmaking forget الغلائلَthe fine veils دِقَّهاtheir fineness
منسي الغلائلَ دِقَّها
Ugly is the veil of your face,
How ugly is the darkness of your face
which makes fine veils forget their fineness.
That forgot to polish its brightness
ماhow كانwas أصْفَقَهاhow thick (brazen) it was إِذاwhen
ما كان أصْفَقَها إِذا
باشرْتُهاI touched it وأرقَّهاand how delicate it was
باشرْتُها وأرقَّها
How thick it was when
It would not have been her misfortune if
I touched it—and how delicate!
I had caressed and cherished her
Sol 6.1