ياO أيهاyou المتشاوسlooking askance المتغاضبfeigning anger
يا أيها المتشاوس المتغاضب
المعرضturning away الجانيdoing wrong العبوسُgrim-faced القاطِبُfrowning
المعرض الجاني العبوسُ القاطِبُ
O you who look askance and feign anger,
O you who are quarrelsome and angry,
turning away, doing wrong, grim-faced and frowning!
Turning away, frowning, and sullen,
لاneither أنتyou ليto me سلمٌan ally فتنصرنيso you would help me ولاnor
لا أنت لي سلمٌ فتنصرني ولا
حربٌan enemy إذاwhen نصبshows hostility العدوthe enemy مناصبُopenly hostile
حربٌ إذا نصب العدو مناصبُ
You are neither my ally, to come to my aid, nor
You are to me neither a ladder to give me victory,
a hostile adversary when the enemy shows hostility.
Nor a war when the enemy raises its banners,
قلبturned الزمانtime هواكyour love عنaway from منهاجهits course
قلب الزمان هواك عن منهاجه
إنindeed الزمانtime لكلfor every حالٍcondition قالبُan overturner
إن الزمان لكل حالٍ قالبُ
Time has turned your love away from its course;
The vicissitudes of time have distracted you from its course,
indeed, time overturns every condition.
For time takes on forms for every situation.
Sol 6.1