يَاO قَلْبُheart مَاwhat لَكَails you لاnot تُفِيawaken (first part)
يَا قَلْبُ مَا لَكَ لا تُفِي
قُawaken (completion) مِنَfrom الْهَوَىpassion يَاO قَلْبُheart مَاwhat لَكْails you
قُ مِنَ الْهَوَى يَا قَلْبُ مَا لَكْ
O heart, what ails you that you do not awaken
from passion? O heart, what ails you?
أَوَand (questioning) مَاnot بَدَاoccurred لَكَto you أَنْto تَعُوturn back (first part)
أَوَ مَا بَدَا لَكَ أَنْ تَعُو
دَturn back (completion) عَنِaway from الصِّبَاأَوَyouthful folly; and (questioning) مَاnot بَدَاoccurred لَكْto you
دَ عَنِ الصِّبَاأَوَ مَا بَدَا لَكْ
And has it not occurred to you to turn
away from youthful folly? Has it not occurred to you?
أَمْor خِلْتَyou supposed أَنَّthat يَدَthe hand of الزَمَاtime (first part)
أَمْ خِلْتَ أَنَّ يَدَ الزَمَا
نِtime (completion) قَصِيرَةٌshort عَنْfrom أَنْto تَنَالَكْreach you
نِ قَصِيرَةٌ عَنْ أَنْ تَنَالَكْ
Or did you suppose that the hand of time
is too short to reach you?
هَيْهَاتَfar from it! صَدَّturned aside بِكَwith you الْهَوَىpassion
هَيْهَاتَ صَدَّ بِكَ الْهَوَى
عَنْfrom أَنْto تَرِيعَreturn وَلَنْand will not أَخَالَكْI think you will
عَنْ أَنْ تَرِيعَ وَلَنْ أَخَالَكْ
Far from it! Passion has turned you aside
from returning—and I do not think you will.
سَلِّمْentrust أُمُورَكَyour affairs لِلَّذِيto Him who
سَلِّمْ أُمُورَكَ لِلَّذِي
أَنْشَاكَcreated you مِنْfrom عَدَمٍnothingness وَعَالَكْand sustained you
أَنْشَاكَ مِنْ عَدَمٍ وَعَالَكْ
Entrust your affairs to Him
who created you from nothing and sustained you.
وَدَعِand abandon التَّعَلُّقَclinging بِالْمُحَاto the impossible (first part)
وَدَعِ التَّعَلُّقَ بِالْمُحَا
لِimpossible (completion) فَإِنَّهُfor it يَبْرِيwears away مِحَالَكْyour strength
لِ فَإِنَّهُ يَبْرِي مِحَالَكْ
And abandon clinging to the impossible,
for it wears away your strength.
فَعَسَاكَthen perhaps you تَنْزِعُwrest away مِنْfrom يَدِthe hand of الْthe
فَعَسَاكَ تَنْزِعُ مِنْ يَدِ الْ
أَهْوَاءِpassions يَاO قَلْبِيmy heart حِبَالَكْyour cords (reins)
أَهْوَاءِ يَا قَلْبِي حِبَالَكْ
Then perhaps you will wrest from the hand
of passions, O my heart, your reins.
Sol 6.1