مظلومةwronged تلكthose القلوبthe hearts يسيؤهاhurts them
مظلومة تلك القلوب يسيؤها
فيin ميلهاtheir inclination اللوامthe reproachers والعشاقand the lovers
في ميلها اللوام والعشاق
Those hearts are wronged; they are hurt
Oppressed are those hearts that are mistreated
In their inclinations by reproachers and lovers.
In their inclination, blame, and lovers
منsince عهدthe time of آدمAdam ماnot رأتthey have seen منany منصفfair-minded person
من عهد آدم ما رأت من منصف
حرindependent القضاءjudgment وتشهدand bear witness الأوراقthe pages
حر القضاء وتشهد الأوراق
Since Adam's time, they have seen no fair-minded judge,
Since the time of Adam, they have not seen a just one
Independent in judgment—and the pages bear witness.
With free judgement, though papers testify
لاno ذوقtaste فيهاwithin them قلدوهthey copied it فإنfor indeed منthrough
لا ذوق فيها قلدوه فإن من
تقليدimitation of قومa people تهجنare debased الاذواقthe tastes
تقليد قوم تهجن الاذواق
No taste within them is borrowed, for through
There is no taste in what they attributed to them, for verily
Imitation of others, tastes are debased.
Imitating a people corrupts tastes
كمhow often عنفوهاthey rebuked them فيin الغرامlove وعلمهمand their knowledge
كم عنفوها في الغرام وعلمهم
منof طوقهاtheir capacity ألاthat no سلوforgetting a beloved يطاقcan be endured
من طوقها ألا سلو يطاق
How often they have rebuked them for love, though they know
How much they have wronged them in passion, and their knowledge
Their limits: they cannot bear to forget.
From its necklace that it cannot be endured
كمhow often حملوهاthey burdened them فيin الهوىpassion تبعاتهits consequences
كم حملوها في الهوى تبعاته
واللَهand God يعلمknows أنthat ذاكthat نفاقhypocrisy
واللَه يعلم أن ذاك نفاق
How often they have made them bear love's consequences,
How much they have burdened them in love with its consequences
And God knows that such is hypocrisy.
And Allah knows that this is hypocrisy
باللَهby God ماwhat ذنبfault القلوبthe hearts وجأشهاand their spirit
باللَه ما ذنب القلوب وجأشها
ماwhenever لاحappears حسنthe beauty of خليقةa creature خفاقthrobbing
ما لاح حسن خليقة خفاق
By God, what fault have hearts, whose core
By Allah, the hearts and their ardour have no sin
Throbs whenever a creature's beauty appears?
A beautiful creation did not appear radiant
هلwhether كانwas ذنباa sin خفقهاtheir throbbing بصبابةwith ardent love
هل كان ذنبا خفقها بصبابة
والخفقand the throbbing قدرهordained it لهاfor them الخلاقthe Creator
والخفق قدره لها الخلاق
Was their throbbing with ardent love a sin,
Was it a sin its flutter with youth
When the Creator ordained that throbbing for them?
And fluttering is what the Creator destined it
لوif كانthere were فيin الرزقthe provision المقدرdecreed حيلةa stratagem
لو كان في الرزق المقدر حيلة
لتحايلتthey would devise a ruse لكنbut كذاthus الأرزاقthe allotted shares
لتحايلت لكن كذا الأرزاق
If there were a way around the provision decreed,
If there was a way with predestined rizq (sustenance)
They would devise one—but such are the allotted shares.
It would have schemed, but thus are rizq
أماas for العيونthe eyes فهذهthen these ماwhat ذنبهاtheir fault
أما العيون فهذه ما ذنبها
حسنbeauty يلوحappears فترسمso they draw الأحداقthe pupils
حسن يلوح فترسم الأحداق
As for the eyes, what is their fault?
As for the eyes, what is their sin
Beauty appears, and the pupils trace it.
A beauty appears so the eyelids design
والذهنand the mind ينقلconveys للقلوبto the hearts معدةprepared
والذهن ينقل للقلوب معدة
فيناwithin us لتفعلso they may do فعلهاtheir work الأشواقthe longings
فينا لتفعل فعلها الأشواق
And the mind conveys it to the hearts, made ready
And the mind conveys to the hearts inclination
Within us so that longings may do their work.
To act within us the work of passions
لوif أنصفواthey were fair اتهمواthey would accuse الجمالbeauty فإنهfor it
لو أنصفوا اتهموا الجمال فإنه
سحرbewitched القلوبthe hearts وطبعهand its nature سراقa habitual thief
سحر القلوب وطبعه سراق
If they were fair, they would accuse beauty, for it
If they were just, they would blame the beauty for verily
Has bewitched the hearts and is a thief by nature.
It is the magic of hearts and its nature is thieving
Sol 6.1