أميرٌa prince محبُّوهُhis lovers أجنادُهُhis troops
أميرٌ محبُّوهُ أجنادُهُ
لآرائِهِfor his views فيin الوصالِloving union العلوُّsupremacy
لآرائِهِ في الوصالِ العلوُّ
A prince whose lovers are his troops;
His views on union reign supreme.
وقالواand they said عسىperhaps قلتُI said أَنْthat يرعويhe relents
وقالوا عسى قلتُ أَنْ يرعوي
وقالواand they said تعذَّرbecame impossible قلتI said السلوُّforgetting one's beloved
وقالوا تعذَّر قلت السلوُّ
And they said, “Perhaps”; I said, “He may relent.”
And they said, “Impossible”; I said, “Forgetting him.”
Sol 6.1