منwho لمنfor one who ذابhas melted غراماwith love
من لمن ذاب غراما
ياO كرامnoble ones of الحيِّthe quarter
يا كرام الحيِّ
Who is there for one who has melted with love,
O noble ones of the quarter?
دنفٌa lovesick man شبَّblazed اضطراماwith ardor
دنفٌ شبَّ اضطراما
والتنائيand separation كيa searing brand
والتنائي كي
A lovesick man, blazing with ardor,
and separation is a searing brand.
آهah! منat هجرانthe desertion of حبيmy beloved
آه من هجران حبي
راعنيhas shaken me معناهits meaning
راعني معناه
Ah, my beloved's desertion!
Its meaning has shaken me
وطوىand folded فيinto نشرthe unfolding of قلبيmy heart
وطوى في نشر قلبي
منat جفاهhis estrangement آهa sigh
من جفاه آه
and folded into my heart's unfolding
a sigh at his estrangement.
أناI فيin بعديmy distance وقربيand my nearness
أنا في بعدي وقربي
لمdid not أرمI seek إلاهanyone but him
لم أرم إلاه
I, in my distance and my nearness,
have sought none but him.
منطوٍfolded away عنيfrom me بسلبيthrough my effacement
منطوٍ عني بسلبي
ناشرٌan unfolder للطيof what is folded
ناشرٌ للطي
Folded away from me through my effacement,
unfolding what is folded.
لاحhe shone ليto me يجلىbeing unveiled بسريin my secret heart
لاح لي يجلى بسري
كالضحىlike the morning light الوضاحradiant
كالضحى الوضاح
He shone upon me, unveiled in my secret heart,
like the radiant morning light.
فاعذرونيso pardon me إنَّindeed بدريmy full moon
فاعذروني إنَّ بدري
يشغفenraptures الأرواحsouls
يشغف الأرواح
So pardon me, for my full moon
enraptures souls.
غبتI became absent عنfrom سريmy hidden self وجهريand my outward self
غبت عن سري وجهري
هائماًwandering in love مذever since لاحhe shone
هائماً مذ لاح
I lost awareness of my hidden and outward self,
wandering in love ever since he shone.
وعفاand wasted away جسميmy body لفكريfrom my brooding
وعفا جسمي لفكري
ماwhat لجسميfor my body فيَّwithin me
ما لجسمي فيَّ
And my body wasted away from brooding;
what place has my body within me?
كلَّماwhenever قامarose بعقليin my mind
كلَّما قام بعقلي
حسنهhis beauty الفتانbewitching
حسنه الفتان
Whenever there arose in my mind
his bewitching beauty,
همتI wandered in love ممحوّاًeffaced بكُليin my entirety
همت ممحوّاً بكُلي
وافرfull of الأشجانsorrows
وافر الأشجان
I wandered in love, wholly effaced,
full of sorrows,
ذاهلاًheedless عنof مجدthe glory of أهليmy family
ذاهلاً عن مجد أهلي
بلnay وعنand of خلانdear friends
بل وعن خلان
heedless of my family's glory,
nay, of dear friends as well,
مازجاًmingling فرعيmy branch بأصليwith my root
مازجاً فرعي بأصلي
كرخهhis Karkh بالريِّwith al-Rayy
كرخه بالريِّ
mingling my branch with my root,
his Karkh with al-Rayy.
ياoh لمعنىwhat a meaning منهfrom him أعنيhas wearied
يا لمعنى منه أعني
عبدهhis servant المشتاقyearning
عبده المشتاق
Oh, how a meaning from him has wearied
his yearning servant,
وجمالand a beauty منهfrom him أضنيhas wasted
وجمال منه أضني
زمرةَthe company of العشاقlovers
زمرةَ العشاق
and a beauty from him has wasted
the company of lovers!
ياoh لرقٍّwhat bondage فيهwithin it جناhe gathered fruit
يا لرقٍّ فيه جنا
ومنand out of الأشواقyearnings
ومن الأشواق
Oh, what bondage, in which he gathered fruit!
And out of longing,
كلماwhenever ناجاهhe communed with him حناhe bowed
كلما ناجاه حنا
ميّتاًdead فيwithin حيِّa living one
ميّتاً في حيِّ
whenever he communed with him, he bowed,
dead within a living one.
Sol 6.1