أيهاO المولىthe lord الأجلُّmost exalted
أيها المولى الأجلُّ
لكَfor you فيin قلبيmy heart محلُّa place
لكَ في قلبي محلُّ
O most august master,
O most exalted lord,
you have a place within my heart.
you have a place in my heart.
حلَّلواthey declared lawful عنكَof you سلوِّيmy forgetting
حلَّلوا عنكَ سلوِّي
وَهْوَand it عنديin my view لاnot يحلُّis lawful
وَهْوَ عندي لا يحلُّ
They have deemed my forgetting you permissible,
They declared my forgetting you lawful,
yet in my eyes it is not lawful.
yet to me it is not lawful.
كيفhow أسلوI forget عنكyou فوقَon خدٍّa cheek
كيف أسلو عنك فوقَ خدٍّ
فوقَon خدٍّa cheek لكَof yours نملُants
فوقَ خدٍّ لكَ نملُ
How could I forget you? Upon a cheek—
How can I forget you? On a cheek—
above a cheek of yours—are ant-like dark beauty marks.
on a cheek of yours are ants.
ليسnot يخلوis free منكَof you قلبٌa heart
ليس يخلو منكَ قلبٌ
منكَof you قلبٌa heart ليسnot يخلوis free
منكَ قلبٌ ليس يخلو
Never is my heart empty of you;
No heart is free of you;
of you my heart is never empty.
of you, no heart is free.
أنتyou كلٌّthe whole لستَyou are not بعضاًa part
أنت كلٌّ لستَ بعضاً
لستَyou are not بعضاًa part أنتَyou كلُّthe whole
لستَ بعضاً أنتَ كلُّ
You are my whole, not merely a part;
You are the whole, not a part;
not merely a part—you are the whole.
not a part—you are the whole.
أصبحَhas become الردفُthe rump غنيَّاًrich
أصبحَ الردفُ غنيَّاً
منكَfrom you والخضرُand al-Khiḍr مقلُّpoor
منكَ والخضرُ مقلُّ
The haunch has grown plump and rich—
The rump has grown rich
yours—while the waist stays poor and spare.
from you, while al-Khiḍr is poor.
ياO عليَّاًAli يتوالىcomes in succession
يا عليَّاً يتوالى
فيهfor him دمعيmy tears المستهِلُّfreely flowing
فيه دمعي المستهِلُّ
O lofty one, one after another fall
O Ali, in succession come
for him—my freely streaming tears.
my streaming tears for him.
Sol 6.1