رَأَيتُكَI saw you قَدhad عَبَرتَyou passed by وَلَمand did not تُسَلِّمyou greet
رَأَيتُكَ قَد عَبَرتَ وَلَم تُسَلِّم
كَأَنَّكَas though you قَدhad عَبَرتَyou passed عَلىby خَرابَهa ruin
كَأَنَّكَ قَد عَبَرتَ عَلى خَرابَه
I saw you pass by without offering a greeting,
I saw you passing by, no greeting bestowed,
as though you had passed by a ruin.
As though ruins you trod, no kindred yet owed.
وَكُنتُand I was كَسورَةِlike the surah of الإِخلاصِSincerity (al-Ikhlas) لَمّاwhen
وَكُنتُ كَسورَةِ الإِخلاصِ لَمّا
عَبرتَyou passed وَكُنتَand you were أَنتَyou كَذيlike one with جَنابَهmajor ritual impurity
عَبرتَ وَكُنتَ أَنتَ كَذي جَنابَه
And I was like Surah al-Ikhlas when
My loyalty to you was steadfast and true,
you passed, while you were like one in a state of major ritual impurity.
Yet you passed as a stranger, no longer knew.
فَكَيفَso how نَسَيتَyou forgot يامَولايَO my lord وُدّاًaffection
فَكَيفَ نَسَيتَ يامَولايَ وُدّاً
عَهِدتُI have known الناسَpeople تَحسَبَهُconsider it قَرابَهkinship
عَهِدتُ الناسَ تَحسَبَهُ قَرابَه
So how did you forget, O my lord, an affection
How could you forget, my friend, our love so dear?
that I have known people to regard as kinship?
A bond I thought firm, which others held near.
Sol 6.1