بِأَبيmy father be your ransom قُلtell ليto me لِكَيso that أَعbeginning of ‘I may know’
بِأَبي قُل لي لِكَي أَع
لَمَcompletion of ‘I may know’ لِمَأَعرضتَwhy have you turned away عَنّيfrom me
لَمَ لِمَأَعرضتَ عَنّي
My father be your ransom! Tell me, so that I may
By my father, tell me why
know why you have turned away from me.
You turned away from me.
قَدindeed تَمَنّىwished for ذاكَthat أَعداenemies (word continues)
قَد تَمَنّى ذاكَ أَعدا
ئيmy (completes ‘my enemies’) فَقَدand indeed نالواthey attained التَّمَنّيthe wished-for thing
ئي فَقَد نالوا التَّمَنّي
Indeed, that was the wish of enemies
My foes wished for that,
of mine; now they have attained their wish.
And got their wish fulfilled.
لَمnot يَكُنwas ذاthis بِأبيmy father be your ransom أَنbeginning of ‘you’
لَم يَكُن ذا بِأبي أَن
تَcompletion of ‘you’ وَأميand my mother بكَof you ظَنِّيmy expectation
تَ وَأمي بكَ ظَنِّي
This was not—may my father
By my father and mother,
and mother be your ransom—what I expected of you.
I never doubted you!
Sol 6.1