أمَكَّرديجُO Makkardij زدincrease فضلاًin excellence
أمَكَّرديجُ زد فضلاً
فأنتfor you الفضلexcellence فيamong الناسpeople
فأنت الفضل في الناس
O Makkardij, increase in excellence;
My longing increased, so please
for you are excellence among people.
For you are the excellence among people
فكمso many a راسٍhead بهthrough it راسٍsteadfast
فكم راسٍ به راسٍ
وليسand is not الراسِthe steadfast one كالراسِlike the head
وليس الراسِ كالراسِ
So many a head stands firm through it;
So how many heads with which heads
and the steadfast one is not like the head.
And not all heads are like heads
علوتَyou rose بهthrough it فكنتso you became بهthrough it
علوتَ به فكنت به
علىupon العينينboth eyes والراسand the head
على العينين والراس
You rose through it, and through it came to be
You rose with it and became with it
upon both eyes and the head.
Above the eyes and the head
فمنso whoever ينسىforgets تقاكyour piety يُعَدis counted
فمن ينسى تقاك يُعَد
دcompletion of 'is counted' بينamong الناسthe people كالناسيlike one who forgets
د بين الناس كالناسي
So whoever forgets your piety is counted
So whoever forgets your perfection is counted
among people as one who forgets.
Among people like the forgetful
فهلso, will تأسوyou heal بكمfor you مضنىًone languishing
فهل تأسو بكم مضنىً
وأنتand you الرادفthe attendant الآسيthe healer
وأنت الرادف الآسي
So will you heal one languishing for you,
So shall I grieve, with all the trouble I have suffered
while you are the attendant healer?
While you are the comforting companion
فياso, O آسيhealer ولاand not آسيone who grieves
فيا آسي ولا آسي
وياand O وَرديmy rose وياand O آسيmy myrtle
ويا وَردي ويا آسي
So, O healer, not one who grieves,
Oh comforting one, and not saddening
and O my rose, and O my myrtle!
Oh my rose, and oh comforting one
رسائلكمyour letters مفاكهتيmy amusement
رسائلكم مفاكهتي
وذكركand remembering you طيبُthe fragrance أنفاسيmy breaths
وذكرك طيبُ أنفاسي
Your letters are my delight,
Your messages are my fruit
and remembering you is the fragrance of my breaths.
And your remembrance is the fragrance of my breath
فهلso, can تَشفيheal الوساوسُanxious thoughts منof
فهل تَشفي الوساوسُ من
بِعادٍseparation زادincreased وسواسيmy anxiety
بِعادٍ زاد وسواسي
So can anxious thoughts cure me of
Shall the obsessive thoughts be cured
a separation that has increased my anxiety?
By distance, which increased my obsession?
حواسيmy senses فيكwith you مُشغَلةٌpreoccupied
حواسي فيك مُشغَلةٌ
فأنتfor you قوامُthe mainstay إحساسيmy feeling
فأنت قوامُ إحساسي
My senses are preoccupied with you,
My senses are busy with you
for you are the mainstay of my feeling.
For you are the pillar of my perception
أناI حاسيa sipper of الغرامpassionate love بكمfor you
أنا حاسي الغرام بكم
وكاسيand my cup فرَّغَemptied اَكياسيmy purses
وكاسي فرَّغَ اَكياسي
I sip the love I bear for you,
I feel passionate love for you
and my cup has emptied my purses.
And my cup emptied my bags
وكمand how many a حاسٍdrinker بلاwithout كاسٍcup
وكم حاسٍ بلا كاسٍ
وكمand how many a كاسٍcup بلاwithout حاسdrinker
وكم كاسٍ بلا حاس
And how many a drinker is without a cup,
So many a perceiver without a cup
and how many a cup is without a drinker!
And many a cup without a perceiver
كسوتكمُI clothed you الثناءpraise ضحىًat midmorning
كسوتكمُ الثناء ضحىً
وأنتand you السابقthe first الكاسيthe one who clothes
وأنت السابق الكاسي
I clothed you in praise at midmorning,
I clothed you with praise in the morning
and you are the first to clothe.
And you are the preceding covered one
Sol 6.1