تُبْديyou show صُدوداُaversion وتُخْفيand you hide تَحْتَهbeneath it مِقَةًaffection
تُبْدي صُدوداُ وتُخْفي تَحْتَه مِقَةً
فالنَّفْسُso the soul راضِيةٌcontent والطَّرْفُand the gaze غَضْبانُangry
فالنَّفْسُ راضِيةٌ والطَّرْفُ غَضْبانُ
You show aversion and hide affection beneath it.
She shows affability yet hides malice underneath,
So the soul is content, while the gaze is angry.
So her soul's content though her eyes show wrath.
ياO منyou who وَضَعْتُI laid لَهُfor him خَدِّيmy cheek فَذَلَّلهُso he humbled it
يا من وَضَعْتُ لَهُ خَدِّي فَذَلَّلهُ
وَلَيْسand there is not فَوْقيabove me سِوىexcept الرَّحمنِthe Most Merciful سُلْطانُa sovereign
وَلَيْس فَوْقي سِوى الرَّحمنِ سُلْطانُ
O you for whom I laid down my cheek, and who humbled it,
O you whom I humbled when I offered my cheek,
There is no sovereign above me but the Most Merciful.
None has authority over me except the Merciful.
Sol 6.1