وَعَدتُمُyou promised العَودَthe return وَماyet not عُدتُمُyou returned
وَعَدتُمُ العَودَ وَما عُدتُمُ
فَأُمرِضَso it was made ill القَلبُthe heart وَماyet not عُدتُمُyou visited
فَأُمرِضَ القَلبُ وَما عُدتُمُ
You promised to return, yet you did not return.
So the heart was made ill, yet you did not visit it.
عودواreturn! وُعودواand visit the sick! لِيُداويso that it may heal الَّذيthe one whom
عودوا وُعودوا لِيُداوي الَّذي
بِالهَجرِthrough estrangement أَمرَضتُمyou sickened فَأَرمَضتُمُthen you scorched
بِالهَجرِ أَمرَضتُم فَأَرمَضتُمُ
Return and visit, that your return may heal the one
whom you sickened with estrangement, then scorched.
أَسَرتُمُyou took captive القَلبَthe heart وَلَكِنَّكُمbut you
أَسَرتُمُ القَلبَ وَلَكِنَّكُم
لِلدَمعِto tears يَومَon the day of البَينِparting أَطلَقتُمُyou gave free rein
لِلدَمعِ يَومَ البَينِ أَطلَقتُمُ
You took the heart captive, yet you
gave tears free rein on the day of parting.
وَحَسبُكُمand it suffices you أَنّيthat I أَمينٌfaithful عَلىto
وَحَسبُكُم أَنّي أَمينٌ عَلى
هَواكُمُlove for you مِنfrom بَعدِماafter خُنتُمُyou proved faithless
هَواكُمُ مِن بَعدِما خُنتُمُ
And let it suffice you that I am faithful to
my love for you, after you proved faithless.
تَعَلَّمَlearned الطَّيفُthe dream-apparition القِلىaversion مِنكُمُfrom you
تَعَلَّمَ الطَّيفُ القِلى مِنكُمُ
فَأَنتُمُso you are مِمَّنamong those from whom تَعَلَّمتُمُyou learned
فَأَنتُمُ مِمَّن تَعَلَّمتُمُ
The dream-apparition learned aversion from you;
so you are among those from whom you learned.
دَمعيmy tears نَمومٌtelltale مَذِلٌindiscreet بِالَّذيof what
دَمعي نَمومٌ مَذِلٌ بِالَّذي
أَمسىhas come to be فُؤاديmy heart فيin الهَوىlove يَكتُمُit conceals
أَمسى فُؤادي في الهَوى يَكتُمُ
My tears tell tales, divulging what
my heart has come to conceal in love.
قَتَلتُمونيyou killed me حينَwhen أَحبَبتُكُمI loved you
قَتَلتُموني حينَ أَحبَبتُكُم
وَماand not بِهَذاfor this يُقتَلُis killed المُسلِمُthe Muslim
وَما بِهَذا يُقتَلُ المُسلِمُ
You killed me when I loved you.
Yet a Muslim is not to be killed for this.
Sol 6.1