قُلSay لِذاتِto the lady of النِقابِthe veil إِنَّthat مُحِبّاًa lover
قُل لِذاتِ النِقابِ إِنَّ مُحِبّاً
قَدalready قَراread مِنfrom سُطورِthe lines of حُسنِكِyour beauty حَرفاa letter
قَد قَرا مِن سُطورِ حُسنِكِ حَرفا
Tell the veiled lady that a lover
Tell the veiled one that a lover
Has read a letter from the lines of your beauty;
Has read from the lines of your beauty a letter
يَسأَلُasks اللَهُGod مِنكِfrom you رَحمَةَmercy for قَلبٍa heart
يَسأَلُ اللَهُ مِنكِ رَحمَةَ قَلبٍ
بَينَbetween وَصلٍunion وَهِجرَةٍand estrangement تَتَكَفّاsways
بَينَ وَصلٍ وَهِجرَةٍ تَتَكَفّا
He asks God for your mercy on a heart
Asking God for the mercy of a heart
That sways between union and estrangement.
That wavers between union and separation
Sol 6.1