قالواthey said عشقتyou fell in love وماand what الداعيthe reason؟ وليتهمand if only they
قالوا عشقت وما الداعي؟ وليتهم
تحملواthey would shoulder عنfrom فؤاديmy heart بعضsome of بلوائيmy affliction
تحملوا عن فؤادي بعض بلوائي
They said, “You have fallen in love—but what called for it?” If only they
They said, "You fell in love—but why?" If only they
would shoulder from my heart some portion of my affliction—
Would lift some of my affliction from my heart.
الناصحونthe advisers وماand not جاءواthey came لمنفعةfor a benefit
الناصحون وما جاءوا لمنفعة
واللائمونand the reproachers وكمand how often جاواthey came لضرائيto my harm
واللائمون وكم جاوا لضرائي
the counselors, who came to no good purpose,
The advisers, who did not come to benefit me,
and the reproachers—how often they came only to harm me.
And the reproachers—how often they came to harm me!
يوجهونthey direct وصاياهمtheir counsels إلىto رجلa man
يوجهون وصاياهم إلى رجل
فؤادهhis heart وقاعever falling فيin كفthe palm of عذراءa virgin
فؤاده وقاع في كف عذراء
They direct their counsels to a man
They direct their counsels to a man
whose heart has fallen into a maiden’s palm.
Whose heart is ever falling into a virgin's palm.
ليI have فيكin you ياO شراعsail الأحبابthe beloved ones آنسةa maiden
لي فيك يا شراع الأحباب آنسة
فيهاin her شفائيmy cure ومنهاand from her إنif جفتshe turns cold دائيmy ailment
فيها شفائي ومنها إن جفت دائي
In you, O sail of lovers, I have a companion;
In you, O sail of lovers, I have a maiden;
in her is my healing—and if she spurns me, from her comes my illness.
In her lies my cure; from her, if she turns cold, comes my ailment.
أميرتيmy princess ومنىand the hopes of نفسيmy soul ومالكتيand she who owns me
أميرتي ومنى نفسي ومالكتي
هلdo تشعرينyou feel بماof what يجتاحsweeps through أحشائيmy insides
هل تشعرين بما يجتاح أحشائي
My princess, my soul’s desire, my sovereign,
My princess, my soul's hopes, and you who own me,
do you feel what sweeps through my innermost being?
Do you feel what sweeps through my insides?
إنيindeed I أحبكI love you حباa love لوif شعرتyou felt بهof it
إني أحبك حبا لو شعرت به
هتفتyou would cry out قائلةsaying لبيكat your service مولائيmy lord
هتفت قائلة لبيك مولائي
I love you with a love which, if you felt it,
Indeed, I love you with a love that, if you felt it,
you would cry, “At your service, my lord!”
You would cry out, saying, "At your service, my lord!"
ليسis not الهوىlove فيin يديmy hand حتىso that أصرفهI may direct it
ليس الهوى في يدي حتى أصرفه
كماas أشاءI wish ولكنbut فيin سويدائيmy heart's core
كما أشاء ولكن في سويدائي
Passion is not in my hand, for me to turn it
Love is not in my hand for me to direct it
as I wish; it lies in my heart’s deepest core.
As I wish; rather, it is in my heart's core.
أعيشI live through فترةa spell حبof love لوif تطوفit were to pass علىover
أعيش فترة حب لو تطوف على
أهلthe people of المحبةlove منamong موتىthe dead وأحياءand the living
أهل المحبة من موتى وأحياء
I live through a season of love which, if it passed over
I live through a spell of love that, were it to pass over
the people of love, both living and dead,
The people of love, both dead and living,
لكفرwould surely expiate اللهGod عنهمfor them كلماall that اقترفوthey committed
لكفر الله عنهم كلما اقترفو
منof سيئاتmisdeeds وآثامand sins وأخطاءand errors
من سيئات وآثام وأخطاء
God would absolve them of whatever they had committed
God would absolve them of all they had committed
of misdeeds, sins, and errors,
Of misdeeds, sins, and errors,
لأنهمbecause they آمنواthey believed بالحبin love وابتعدوand they kept away
لأنهم آمنوا بالحب وابتعدو
عماfrom whatever يمتis linked إلىto حقدrancor بغضاءhatred
عما يمت إلى حقد بغضاء
because they believed in love and kept far
Because they believed in love and kept away
from everything akin to rancor and hatred.
From whatever is linked to rancor and hatred.
سمتrose نفوسهمtheir souls طهراin purity فعاشand so lived بهthrough it
سمت نفوسهم طهرا فعاش به
حبa love ترفعheld itself aloof عنfrom سوءevil وفحشاءand indecency
حب ترفع عن سوء وفحشاء
Their souls rose in purity, and through it there lived
Their souls rose in purity, and through it lived
a love exalted above evil and obscenity.
A love that rose above evil and indecency.
الحبlove ليسis not لقاءاتmeetings ينظمهarranges it
الحب ليس لقاءات ينظمه
وعدa promise ولاnor رسمdevising أفكارideas لإغراءfor seduction
وعد ولا رسم أفكار لإغراء
Love is not a series of meetings arranged
Love is not meetings arranged
by a promise, nor a plotted scheme of enticement.
By a promise, nor the devising of ideas for seduction.
وإنماbut rather الحبlove يسريflows فيin جوانحنour bosoms (apparently intended)
وإنما الحب يسري في جوانحن
كالنورlike light شقcleaved طريقاa path وسطamid ظلماءdarkness
كالنور شق طريقا وسط ظلماء
Love, rather, courses through our inmost parts
Rather, love flows within our bosoms,
like light cleaving a path through darkness.
Like light that cleaved a path through darkness.
هذاthis هوit الحبlove أماas for غيرهother than it فلنso we have (apparently intended)
هذا هو الحب أما غيره فلن
عليهabout it بعضsome اعتراضاتobjections وآراءand opinions
عليه بعض اعتراضات وآراء
This is love; as for anything else, there will be
This is love; as for anything else, we have
some objections and opinions raised against it.
Some objections and opinions about it.
Sol 6.1