بهواكَby love for you إِذwhen قالَsaid الهوىLove
بهواكَ إِذ قالَ الهوى
لجوارحيto my limbs بِهَواهُwith love for him ذوبيmelt
لجوارحي بِهَواهُ ذوبي
By love for you, when Love said
to my limbs, “Melt with love for him,
ثمَّthen اجْهديstrive أَنْto تحسنيdo good
ثمَّ اجْهدي أَنْ تحسني
فإِذاand if أَسأْتِyou do wrong فلاthen do not تتوبيrepent
فإِذا أَسأْتِ فلا تتوبي
then strive to do good;
and if you do wrong, do not repent.”
قالتthey said (the limbs) فبِالوَجْدِthen by the passion الَّذيthat
قالت فبِالوَجْدِ الَّذي
أَذْهبتهُyou dispelled it بدمِwith the blood of القلوبِhearts
أَذْهبتهُ بدمِ القلوبِ
They said, “Then by the passion that
you dispelled with the blood of hearts,
وبِقلَّةand by the scarcity of الصَّبرpatience البريinnocent (continues next line)
وبِقلَّة الصَّبر البري
ءِcompletion of “innocent” وكثرةand the abundance of الشوقِlonging المريبِdisquieting
ءِ وكثرة الشوقِ المريبِ
and by the scarcity of innocent patience,
and the abundance of disquieting longing,
أَلِأَيِّfor what شيءٍthing قلتَyou said لِلشto the (beginning of “complaint”)
أَلِأَيِّ شيءٍ قلتَ لِلش
شَكوىcomplaint (continued) وقدthough already خرسَتْit had fallen mute أَجيبيanswer
شَكوى وقد خرسَتْ أَجيبي
for what reason did you say to
complaint, though it had fallen mute, ‘Answer’?”
Sol 6.1