ماذاwhat لَقيتُI experienced منfrom الحبيبِthe beloved وحُبِّهِand love for him
ماذا لَقيتُ من الحبيبِ وحُبِّهِ
إلاَّexcept تَلاعُبَهُhis toying بمُهجةِwith the heart of صَبِّهِhis ardent lover
إلاَّ تَلاعُبَهُ بمُهجةِ صَبِّهِ
What have the beloved and love for him brought me
What have I found from the beloved and his love
but his toying with his ardent lover's heart?
Except his toying with the rapture of my passion
أغراهُencouraged him ذُلّيmy abasement بالدَّلالِin coyness وزادَهُand increased him
أغراهُ ذُلّي بالدَّلالِ وزادَهُ
عُجْباًconceit فعلَّمنيso taught me صِناعةَthe art of عُجْبهِhis conceit
عُجْباً فعلَّمني صِناعةَ عُجْبهِ
My abasement encouraged him in coyness and swelled him
My submission allured him and increased
with conceit, teaching me the art of his conceit.
His conceit, so he taught me the art of conceit
ياO أيُّهاyou الرَشأُthe fawn المُدِلُّproud بعينهِof his eye
يا أيُّها الرَشأُ المُدِلُّ بعينهِ
لاdo not تَفتِنِbewitch الرَّجُلَthe man المُدِلَّproud بقلبهِof his heart
لا تَفتِنِ الرَّجُلَ المُدِلَّ بقلبهِ
O fawn, so proud of your eye,
O you with a glancing eye that captivates
do not bewitch the man so proud of his heart.
Do not seduce a man captivated at heart
كَثُرتْhave multiplied لَعَمْريby my life فيin هَواكَlove for you ذُنوبُهُhis sins
كَثُرتْ لَعَمْري في هَواكَ ذُنوبُهُ
لكنْbut إليهِagainst himself كانَwas أكثرُmost of ذَنْبهِhis wrongdoing
لكنْ إليهِ كانَ أكثرُ ذَنْبهِ
Many, by my life, are his sins in loving you,
For your love, my life, sins increased
yet most of his wrongdoing was against himself.
But toward him was the greater sin
منwhoever طالَgrows long عنover مَلَلِthe weariness of الأحبَّةِloved ones عَتْبُهُhis reproach
من طالَ عن مَلَلِ الأحبَّةِ عَتْبُهُ
طالَgrows long العِتابُthe reproach لنَفسهِagainst himself عنfor عَتْبهِhis reproaching
طالَ العِتابُ لنَفسهِ عن عَتْبهِ
Whoever long reproaches his loved ones for their weariness
He whose reproach of lovers lasted long
will long reproach himself for his reproaches.
His own reproach of himself lasted longer
داءٌa sickness دخيلٌdeep-seated ليسَis not يُرجَىhoped for بُرْؤُهُits cure
داءٌ دخيلٌ ليسَ يُرجَى بُرْؤُهُ
لوeven if أنَّthat إسماعيلَIsmail قامَundertook بطبِّهِits treatment
لو أنَّ إسماعيلَ قامَ بطبِّهِ
A deep-seated sickness, with no hope of a cure,
An imported illness no recovery hoped
even if Ismail undertook its treatment.
Even if Ismail himself rose to cure it
منfrom ذلكَthat الشيخِthe sage الرئيسِthe chief ولفظِهِand his speech
من ذلكَ الشيخِ الرئيسِ ولفظِهِ
شيخٌa master علىover الشيخِthe sage الرئيسِthe chief وكُتْبهِand his books
شيخٌ على الشيخِ الرئيسِ وكُتْبهِ
In that chief sage and his speech
From that master healer and his expressions
is a master over the Chief Sage and his books.
A healer over the master healer and his books
رَوَّىhe pondered فخِلْناso we thought عضْبَهُhis keen blade منfrom ذِهنهِhis mind
رَوَّى فخِلْنا عضْبَهُ من ذِهنهِ
ورَوىand he narrated فخيِلَso it seemed لسانهُhis tongue منfrom عَضْبهِhis keen blade
ورَوى فخيِلَ لسانهُ من عَضْبهِ
He pondered, so we thought his keen blade came from his mind;
He narrated so we forgot his rancor
and he narrated, so his tongue seemed made of his keen blade.
And he narrated so his tongue forgot rancor
هذاthis الحكيمُthe physician الكاملُthe perfect الفرْدُthe peerless الذيwho
هذا الحكيمُ الكاملُ الفرْدُ الذي
مُزِجَتْwas mingled بحكمتِهِwith his wisdom مَخافةُfear of ربِّهِhis Lord
مُزِجَتْ بحكمتِهِ مَخافةُ ربِّهِ
This is the perfect, peerless physician, whose
This accomplished sage, unique individual
wisdom is mingled with fear of his Lord.
His wisdom mixed with fear of his Lord
لَزِمَhe kept to المدارِسَthe schools فيin الدِّيارِthe homeland وذكرُهُwhile his fame
لَزِمَ المدارِسَ في الدِّيارِ وذكرُهُ
قدindeed سارَhas traveled فيthrough شرقِthe east of الفضاءِthe expanse وغَرْبهِand its west
قد سارَ في شرقِ الفضاءِ وغَرْبهِ
He kept to the schools at home, while his fame
He frequented schools in the abode and his mention
has traveled through the expanse, east and west.
Traveled in the east and the west of the horizon
منfrom دوحةِthe great tree of الأتراكِthe Turks فَرْعٌa branch خِصْبهُhis bounty
من دوحةِ الأتراكِ فَرْعٌ خِصْبهُ
يجريflows إلىto فُرْسthe Persians of الزَّمانِthe age وعُرْبهِand its Arabs
يجري إلى فُرْس الزَّمانِ وعُرْبهِ
A branch of the Turks' great tree, whose bounty
From the Ottoman port a fertile branch
flows to the Persians and Arabs of the age.
Flowing to the horsemen of time and the Arabs
تُجنىare reaped فَوائِدُthe benefits of قُربِهِhis nearness فيin بُعدِهِhis distance
تُجنى فَوائِدُ قُربِهِ في بُعدِهِ
وتُخافُand is feared وَحْشةُthe loneliness of بُعدِهِhis absence فيin قُربِهِhis nearness
وتُخافُ وَحْشةُ بُعدِهِ في قُربِهِ
The benefits of his nearness are reaped even when he is far away,
The benefits of his nearness reaped in his distance
and the loneliness of his absence is feared even when he is near.
And the desolation of his distance feared in his nearness
نَصَبَتْهُit appointed him دولةُthe government of ذيthe possessor of السَريرِthe throne فتَمَّمتْso it completed
نَصَبَتْهُ دولةُ ذي السَريرِ فتَمَّمتْ
ألطافَهاits kindnesses نحوَtoward العبادِthe people بنَصْبهِthrough his appointment
ألطافَها نحوَ العبادِ بنَصْبهِ
The throne-holder's government appointed him, thus completing
The state of the noble throne appointed him
its kindnesses toward the people through his appointment.
Perfecting its favors to servants through appointing him
أحيَتْgave life to مَواهبُهاits gifts الأصِحَّةَthe healthy وابتَغَتْand it sought
أحيَتْ مَواهبُها الأصِحَّةَ وابتَغَتْ
أنْto تَشمَلَembrace المَرْضَىthe sick فأحيْتهُمso it revived them بهِthrough him
أنْ تَشمَلَ المَرْضَى فأحيْتهُم بهِ
Its gifts gave life to the healthy, and it sought
It revived its wholesome grants and sought
to embrace the sick, so it gave them life through him.
To embrace the sick, so it revived them through him
Sol 6.1