شَوْقٌlonging شديدٌintense ووصلٌand union منfrom حَبيبَيْنِtwo beloveds
شَوْقٌ شديدٌ ووصلٌ من حَبيبَيْنِ
فلَيْتَso would that شِعْرِيَmy knowing مَاwhat خَطْبُthe trouble with العَذُولَيْنِthe two reproachers
فلَيْتَ شِعْرِيَ مَا خَطْبُ العَذُولَيْنِ
Intense longing, and union with two beloveds.
Intense longing and union of two lovers
Would that I knew what troubles the two reproachers!
I wish I knew what was wrong with being apart
وليتand would that شِعْرِيَmy knowing إِذْwhen لاماthey both blamed وشِعْرَهُماand their knowing
وليت شِعْرِيَ إِذْ لاما وشِعْرَهُما
أَفِيis it in السُّوَيدَاءُthe dark core منof قَلْبِيmy heart ومنand of عَيْنِيmy eye
أَفِي السُّوَيدَاءُ من قَلْبِي ومن عَيْنِي
And would that I knew, when they blamed me—and that they knew—
I wish I knew, when they blamed and reproached
Is it in the dark core of my heart and of my eye?
If in my cheeks and in my eyes
وهلand shall أُمَكّنُI grant access منto أُذْنَيَّmy two ears عَذْلَهُماtheir reproach
وهل أُمَكّنُ من أُذْنَيَّ عَذْلَهُما
فِيهَاwithin them إِذَاwhen قامَstands clear عُذْرِيmy excuse فِيin العِذارَيْنِthe two downy cheek-lines
فِيهَا إِذَا قامَ عُذْرِي فِي العِذارَيْنِ
And shall I give their reproach access to my two ears,
Will I allow their blame in my ears
Within them, when my excuse is plain in the two downy cheek-lines?
When my excuse stood with the blamers
وَقَدْand indeed تَعَبَّدَنِيhas enslaved me ربُّthe lord of الهوىlove فَبِهِso in him
وَقَدْ تَعَبَّدَنِي ربُّ الهوى فَبِهِ
أَعوذُI seek refuge منfrom مُشْرِكٍone who associates gods فِيهِin it إِلهَيْنِtwo gods
أَعوذُ من مُشْرِكٍ فِيهِ إِلهَيْنِ
And love's lord has enslaved me; so in him
The lord of love made me worship him
I seek refuge from one who sets up two gods in love.
So by him I seek refuge from any partner with my God
وَلَيْسَand is not ذنبِيَmy sin عندَin the judgment of العاذِلينَthose who reproach سِوىanything but
وَلَيْسَ ذنبِيَ عندَ العاذِلينَ سِوى
أَنِّيthat I أُرىam seen فِيin رِضاهُhis favor ثانيَthe second of اثْنَيْنِtwo
أَنِّي أُرى فِي رِضاهُ ثانيَ اثْنَيْنِ
And my only sin, in the reproachers' judgment, is
And according to the reproachers my only sin
That I am seen as one of two in his favor.
Is that I see his approval in a second of two
وكمand how often طَلَبْتُI petitioned بِهَاfor her الأَيَّامَthe days مجتهداًstriving earnestly
وكم طَلَبْتُ بِهَا الأَيَّامَ مجتهداً
طِلابَthe demanding of ربِّthe holder of نَفيسِprecious الدَّيْنِthe debt بالدَّيْنِfor the debt
طِلابَ ربِّ نَفيسِ الدَّيْنِ بالدَّيْنِ
And how often I earnestly pressed the days for her,
And how hard I sought with it days, striving
As the holder of a precious debt presses for that debt.
Seeking to repay my precious soul’s debts with debts
وكمand how often بَذَلْتُI offered لَهَاto her فِيin الشَّوْقِlonging مكتئِباًgrieving
وكم بَذَلْتُ لَهَا فِي الشَّوْقِ مكتئِباً
غُروبَstreams of tears جفنَيْنِtwo eyelids مَاnot تشكُوcomplain منof الأَيْنِweariness
غُروبَ جفنَيْنِ مَا تشكُو من الأَيْنِ
And how often, grieving in longing, I offered her
And how much in yearning, anguished, I spent
The streams of two eyelids that do not complain of weariness,
The setting of my two eyes, not complaining of where
بدمعِwith tears of عينٍan eye أَبىrefused مَاwhat فِيwithin الضميرِthe inner self لَهُfor it
بدمعِ عينٍ أَبى مَا فِي الضميرِ لَهُ
حَتَّىuntil يُصَيِّرَهُit turns it into دمعاًtears بلاwithout عَيْنِan eye; the letter ʿayn
حَتَّى يُصَيِّرَهُ دمعاً بلا عَيْنِ
With an eye's tears, which my inmost feeling rejected,
With the tears of an eye that refused what was in my conscience
Until it made them tears without an “eye” (ʿayn)—blood.
Until he would make it tears without an eye
Sol 6.1