ليI have فيكfor you حُبٍّlove لاnot أزالI cease مسيراًsending forth
لي فيك حُبٍّ لا أزال مسيراً
منهfrom it ثنآءpraise يملأfills الأقطاراthe lands
منه ثنآء يملأ الأقطارا
I have a love for you, and I never cease sending forth
My love for you still drives me onward
From it, praise that fills the lands.
With praise that fills the lands afar
ليسَis not البيانُeloquence مؤدياًconveying تفسيرهits meaning
ليسَ البيانُ مؤدياً تفسيره
قدindeed أعجزhas defeated الترسيلprose composition والأشعاراand poetry
قد أعجز الترسيل والأشعارا
Eloquence cannot convey its meaning;
Expression cannot convey its meaning
It has defied prose and poetry.
Beyond what verse and prose can par
واصفحand pardon فإنfor indeed الوقتtime أعجلنيhas hurried me فماso not
واصفح فإن الوقت أعجلني فما
وفيتهI gave it its due قصديmy intent بهاthrough them معشاراa tenth
وفيته قصدي بها معشارا
And pardon me, for time has hurried me, so I have not
So pardon me, for time has hastened me
Given it, through these verses, even a tenth of what I intended.
And my intent, I could not fully share
Sol 6.1