خالَفَتني وَفَعَلَتها

خالَفَتني وَفَعَلَتها

لَكَ في الخِلافِ المُنتَهى

لَكَ في الخِلافِ المُنتَهى

You opposed me—and went and did it.

You defied me and did it.

Yours is the utmost limit of opposition.

In defiance, you have reached the utmost.

ما كُنتَ تَعجَزُ في خِصا

ما كُنتَ تَعجَزُ في خِصا

لٍ غَيرَها فَخَتَمتَها

لٍ غَيرَها فَخَتَمتَها

You were not lacking in other qualities,

You never fell short in qual-

so you sealed them with this one.

ities other than this, so you completed them.

أَبصَرتَ نَفسَكَ أَصبَحت

أَبصَرتَ نَفسَكَ أَصبَحت

مَستورَةً فَهَتَكتَها

مَستورَةً فَهَتَكتَها

You saw that your own self had become

You saw that your own self had become

concealed—so you tore its covering away.

veiled, so you tore its veil away.