بنفسيwith my life as ransom حبيبٌa beloved لاnot يملّhe tires of التعتُّباreproaching
بنفسي حبيبٌ لا يملّ التعتُّبا
إذاwhen زِدتُهI offered him more فيin العُذرexcuses زادhe increased تَغضُّباin anger
إذا زِدتُه في العُذر زاد تَغضُّبا
My life be ransom for a beloved who never tires of reproach.
With myself a lover who does not tire of reproach
When I offer him more excuses, he grows still angrier.
If I increase his excuses, he increases anger
يُطيلhe prolongs ضراريmy suffering بامتحانby testing صبابتيmy ardent love
يُطيل ضراري بامتحان صبابتي
وقدand already علمَhe knows المكنونَthe concealed منهاwithin it المُغيَّباthe hidden
وقد علمَ المكنونَ منها المُغيَّبا
He prolongs my suffering by testing my ardent love,
He prolongs my suffering by testing my patience
Though he already knows what is concealed and hidden within it.
And he knows the hidden parts which are concealed
فلستُso I do not أناجيI confide privately غيرَهُanyone other than him مذsince عرفتُهI came to know him
فلستُ أناجي غيرَهُ مذ عرفتُه
وأنظرand I look إلاexcept خائفاًfearful مترقِّباanxiously watchful
وأنظر إلا خائفاً مترقِّبا
So I confide in none but him, since I came to know him,
So I do not confide in anyone else since I knew him
And I look only in fear, anxiously watchful.
And I do not look except afraid and waiting
أياO منyou who تجنىfalsely alleged الذنبَthe offense أعلمُI know أنهthat he
أيا من تجنى الذنبَ أعلمُ أنه
علىin ثقةٍcertainty أنthat لستُI am not بالغيبin his absence مُذنباguilty
على ثقةٍ أن لستُ بالغيب مُذنبا
O you who invent my guilt—I know that he
O you who commit sins, know that he
Is certain I do no wrong in his absence.
Trusts that I am not, in secret, sinful
أماis there not لخُضوعيfor my submission منfrom ضميركyour heart شافعٌan intercessor
أما لخُضوعي من ضميرك شافعٌ
منof السقمsickness قدmay يشفيhe cure المُلحthe insistent one المعذباthe tormented one
من السقم قد يشفي المُلح المعذبا
Is there no intercessor in your heart for my submission,
Is not my humility an intercessor with your conscience
Who might cure the insistent, tormented one of his sickness?
Sickness may be cured by the tormenting salt
Sol 6.1